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Chaplain  in  Ordinary, 
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N.  TATE,   Efq; 

Poet-Laureat 

To  His  MAJESTY. 


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^§^  Re-printed  by  D.  and  J.  Kneeland,  in^^f 
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A  New  Verfion  of  the  PSALMS,  ^c. 


PSALM   I. 

1.  TTOW  blefl  is  he,  who  ne'er  confents 
X  X     by  ill  Advice  to  walk  ; 

Nor  Hands  in  Sinners  Ways,  nor  fits 
where  Men  profanely  talk  ! 

2.  But  makes  theperfed  Law  of  God 
his  Bus'nefs  and  Delight : 

Devoutly  reads  therein  by  Day, 
and  meditates  by  Night. 

3.  Like  fome  fair  Tree,  which,  fed  by  Streams, 

with  timely  Fruit  does  bend, 
Ke  ftill  fhall  flouriih,  and  Succefs 
all  his  Defigns  attend. 

4.  Ungodly  Men,  and  their  Attempts, 

no  lalHng  Root  fhall  find  ; 
Untimely  blafted,  and  difpers'd, 
like  ChaiF  before  the  Wind, 

5.  Their  Guilt  (hall  ftrike  the  Wicked  dumb 
before  the  Judge's  Face  : 

No  formal  Hypocrite  fhall  then 
among  the  Saints  have  Place. 

6.  For  God  approves  the  juft  Man's  Ways  ; 
to  Happinefs  they  tend  : 

But  Sinners,  and  the  Paths  they'"tread, 
Ihall  both  in  Ruin  end. 

A  2  PSALM 


4  PS  ALM  ii. 

P  S  A  L  M  II. 

xTT  riTH  reliefs  and  ungovern'd  Rage, 

VV         ^vhy  do  the  Heathen  ftorm.i 
Why  in  fuch  rafh  Attempts  engage, 

as  they  "can  ne'er  perform  ? 
Z'  The  great  in  Counfel,  and  in  Might, 

their  various  Forces  bring ; 
Againft  the  Lord  they  all  unite, 

and  his  anointed  King. 

3.  "  Muft  we  fubmit  to  their  Commands  ? 
prefumptuoufly  they  fay  : 

**  No,let  us  break  their  flavifh  Bands, 
"  and  caft  their  Chains  away." 

4.  But  God,  who  fits  enthron'd  on  High, 
and  fetj,  how  they  combine. 

Does  their  confpiring  Strength  defy, 
and  mocks  their  vain  Defign.  ; 

5.  Thick  Clouds  of  Wrath  divine  fhall  break 
on  his  rebellious  Foes  : 

And  thus  will  he  in  Thunder  fpeak, 
to  all  that  dare  oppofe  : 

6.  "  Though  madly  you  difpute  my  Will, 
"  the  King  that  I  ordain, 

*'  Whofe  Throne  is  fix'd  on  Sion's.  Hill, 
iliall  there  fecurely  reign." 

7.  Attend,  O  Earth,  vvhilfl  I  declare 
God's  uncontrouPd  Decree : 

**  Thou  art  my  Son  ;  this  Day,  my  Heir, 

"  have  I  begotten  thee, 
5.  Afk,  and  receive  thy  full  Demands ; 

tTiine  {hall   the  Heathen  be. 
The  utmoilLindtsofthe  Lands, 

**  fhall  be  polTefs'd  bv  thee. 

9,  <«  Thy 


PSALM  ii,  iii.  5 

9.  «'  Thy  threat'ning  Sceptre  thou  fhalt  fhakej. 
"  and  cralh  them  ev'ry-where  ; 

*<  As  mafiy  Bars  of  Iron  break, 
"  the  Potter's  brittle  Ware. 

10.  Learn  then,  ye  Princes  ;  and  give  Ear, 
ye  Judges  of  the  Earth  ; 

11.  Worfhip  the  Lord  with  holy  Fear  ; 
rejoice  with  awful  Mirth. 

12.  Appeafe  the  Son  with  due  Refpeft, 
your  timely  Homage  pay; 

Left  he  revenge  the  bold  Ncgleft, 
incens'd  by  your  Delay. 

13.  If  but  in  Part  his  Anger  rife, 
who  can  endure  the  Flame  ? 

Then  bleft  are  they  whofe  Ho-  e  relies  * 

on  his  moft  Holy  Name. 

PSALM  III. 

1 T  TOW  many,  Lord,  of  late  are  grown 
Jl  a       the  Troublersof  my  Peace  ! 
And  as  their  Numbers  hourly  rife, 

fo  does  their  Rage  increafe. 
2.  Infulting,  they  my  Soul  upbraid, 

and  him  whom  I  adore  : 
The  God  in  whom  he  trufts,  fay  they, 

fhall  refcue  him  no  more. 

5.  But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  my  Defence  i 

on  thee  my  Hopes  rely  : 
Thou  art  my  Glory,  and  fhalt  yet, 

lift  up  my  Head  on  high. 
4.  Since  whenfo'er  in  like  Diftrefs, 

to  God  I  made  my  Prayer, 
He  heard  me  from  his  holy  Hill ;  . 

Why  fiiould  I  n®w  defpair  i 

A3  5,  Guarded   "l 


6  PSALM  iii,  iv. 

5 .  Guarded  by  him,  I  laid  me  down, 
my  fweet  Repofe  to  take  ; 

For  I  through  him  fecurely  fleep, 
through  him  in  Safety  wake. 

6.  No  Force  nor  Fury  of  my  Foes, 

my  Courage  Ihall  confound  ; 
Were  they  as  many  Holls  as  Men, 
that  have  befet  me  round, 

7.  Arife,  and  fave  me,  O  my  God, 
who  oft  hail  own'd  my  Caufe  ; 

And  fcatter'd  oft  thefe  Foes  to   me, 
and  to  thy  righteous  Laws. 

8.  Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs; 
He  only  can  defend  ; 

HiG  Blefling  he  extends  to  all, 
that  on  his  Pow'r  depend. 

PSALM   IV. 

J  /^\  LORD,  that  art  my  righteous  Judge, 

V^       to  my  Complaint  give  Ear. 

Thou  ftili  redeem'il  me  from  Diftrefs  : 

Have   Mercy,  Lord,  and    hear. 

2.  How  long  will  ye,  O  Sons  of  Men, 
to  blot  my  Fame  devife  l. 

How  long  your  vain  Defigns  purfue, 
and  fpread  malicious  Lies  ? 

3.  Confider  that  the  righteous  Man 
is  God's  peculiar  Choice  ; 

And  when  to  him  I  make  my  Pray'r, 

he  always  hears  my  Voice. 
.;.  Then  iUnd  in  Awe  of  his  Commands, 

flee  ev'ry  Thing  that's  ill ; 
Commune  in  private  with  your  Hearts, 

and  bend  them  to  his  Will. 

5.  The 


PSALM  iv,  V.  7 

5.  The  Place  of  other  Sacrifice 
let  Righteoufnefs  fupply  ; 

And  let  your  Hope,  fecurely  fix'd, 
on  God  alone  rely. 

6.  While  worldly  Minds  impatient  grow, 
more  profp'rous  Times  to  fee  ; 

Still  let  the  Glories  of  thy  Face 
Ihine  hrightly,  Lord  on  me. 

7.  So  (hall  my  Heart  o'erflow  with  Joy, 

more  lafting,  and  more  true, 
Than  theirs,  whoStores  of  Corn  and  Wine 
fucceffively  renew. 

8.  Then  down  in  Peace  IMl  lay  my  Head, 

and  take  my  needful  Reft  : 
No  other  Guard,  O  Lord,  I  crave, 
of  thy  Defence  poflcft. 

PSALM  V. 

T,  T    ORD,  hear  the  Voice  of  my  Complaint 
I  J     accept  my  fecret  PrayV  ; 

2.  To  Thee  alone,  my  King  my  God, 
will  I  for  help  repair, 

3.  Thou  in  the  Mom  my  Voice  fhalt  hear, 
and  with  the  dawning  Day, 

To  thee  devoutly  I'll  look  up, 
to  thee  devoutly  pray. 

4.  For  thou,  the  Wrongs  that  I  fuftain, 
canft  never.  Lord  approve  ; 

Who  from  thy  facred  Dwelling-place 
all  Evil  doft  remove. 

5.  Not  lougfhall  ilubborn  Fools  remain 
unpunifli'd  in  thy  View  : 

All  fuch  as  aft  unrighteous  Things, 
thy  Vengeance  ihall  purfue. 

A  4  6.  The  I 


8  P  S  A  L  M  V,  vi. 

6.  The  nand'ring  Tongue,  O  God  of  Truth, 

by  thee  fliall  be  deftroy'd  ; 
Who  hat'ft  alike  the  Man  in  Blood, 
and  in  Deceit  employ'd. 

7.  But  when  thy  boundlefs  Grace  fhall  me 
to  thy  lov'd  Courts,  reftore. 

On  thee  I'll  fix  my  longing  Eyes, 

and  humbly  there  adore.  Jt 

8.  Condu£t  me  by  thy  righteous  Laws  ; 
for  watchful  is  my  Fee  : 

Therefore,  O  Lord,  make  plain  the  Way,. 

wherein   I  ought  to  go. 
«).  Their  Mouth  vents  nothing  but  Decei^j 

their  Heart  is  fet  on  Wrong  ; 
Their  Throat  is  a  devouring  Grave  ; 

they  flatter  with  their  Tongue. 

10.  By  their  own  Counfels  let  them  fall, 
opprefs'd  with  Loads  of  Sin  ; 

For  they  againft  thy  righteous  Laws 
have  hardened  Rebels  been. 

11.  But  let  all  thofe  who  trull  in  thee, 
with  Shouts    their  Joy  proclaim  ; 

Let  them  rejoice,  whom   thou  preferv'ft, 
and  all  that  love  thy  Name. 

1 2.  To  righteous  Men  the  righteous  Lord, 
his  Blelfing  will  extend  ; 

And  with  his  Favour  all  his  Saints, 
as  with  a  Shield,  defend. 

PSALM   VI. 

]   /-Tp ^HY  dreadful  Anger,  Lord  reftrain, 
X      and  fpare  a  Wretch  forlorn  : 

Corred  me  not  in  thy  fierce  Wrath, 
*        too  heavy  to  be  borne. 
'  2.  Have 


PSALM  vi.  9 

2.  Have  Mercy,  Lord;  fori  grow  faint, 
unable  to  endure 

The  Anguifli  of  my  aching  Bones, 
which  thoii  alone  canil  cure. 

3.  My  tortur'd  Flefli  diflrafts  my  Mind,, 
and  fills  my  Soul  with  Grief : 

But,  Lord,  hoNV  long  wilt  thou  delay 
to  grant  me  thy  Relief  ? 

4.  Thy  wonted  Goodnefs,  Lord,  repeat 
r.nd  eafe  my  troubled  Soul  : 

Lord,  for  thy  wond'rous  Mercies  fake, 
vouchfafe  to  make  me  whole. 

5.  For  after  Death  no  more  can  I 
thy  glorious  Adls  proclaim  ; 

Ko  PrisV.er  of  the  filent  Grave 
can   magnify  thy    Name.  . 

6.  Quite  tir'd  with  Pain,  with  Groaning  faints  , 
no  hopes  of  Eafe  I  fee  ; 

The  Night,  that  quiets  common  Griefs, 
is  fpent  in  Tears  "by  me. 

7.  My  Beauty  fade?,  my  Sight  grows  dim, 

my  Eyes  with  Weaknefs  clofe; 
Old  Age  overtakes  me,  while  1  think 
on  my  infuJting  Foes. 

8.  Depart,  ye   Wicked;  inmy^yro^gs 
ye  fhall  no  more  rejoice  ; 

For  God,  I  find,  accepts  my  Tears, 
and  liftens  to  my  Voice. 

9.  10.  He  hears,  and  grants  my  humble  Pray'r; 

?,nd  ihey  that  wifh  my  Fall, 
Shall  blu(h  and  rage,  to    fee  that  God 
protedls  me  from  them  all. 

A  5  PSALM 


^o  PSALM  vll. 

P  S  A  L  M  VII. 

I    r^  LORD,  my  God,  fince  I  have  plac'd 

V^       niy  Trull  alone  in.  thee. 
From  all  my  Perfecutora   Rage, 
do    thou    deliver  me. 

2.  To  fave  me  from  my  throftt'ning  Foe, 
Lord,  interpofe  thy   Pow'r; 

Lell,  Wk?.  a  lavage  Lion,  he 
my  helpiefs  Soul  devour. 

3,  4.  If  I  am  guilty,  or  did  e*er 

againft  his  Peace  combine  ; 

Nay,  if  I  have  not  fpar'd  his  Life, 

who  fought  unjuftly  mine  ; 

5.  Let  then  to  perfecuting  Foes, 
my  Soul  become  a  Prey  ; 

"Ltt  them  to  Earth  tread  down  my  Life, 
inDuftmy  Honour  lay. 

6.  Arife,  and  let    thine  Anger,  Lord, 
in  my  Defence  engage  ; 

Exalt  thyfelf   above    my    Fees, 

and  there  infulting  Rage  : 
A\Make,  awake,    in  my  Behalr 

the  Judgment  to  difpenfe. 
Which  thou  haft  righteoufly  ordain- d 

for  irjur'd  Innocence. 

7.  So  to  rhy  Throne  adoring  Crowds 
fhall  ftill  for   Juftice  fly  : 

Oh!  therefore  for  their  Sakes,refume, 
thy  Judgment-Seat  on  high. 

8.  Impartiaf  Judge  of  all  the  World, 
I  truft  my  Caufe  to  thee  ; 

According  to  my  Righteoufnefs 
fo  let  thy  Sentence  be. 


Let 


P  S  A  L  M   vii,  vili.  1 1 

9.  Let- wicked  Arts  and  wicked  Men, 
together  be   overthrown ; 

But  guard  the  Juft,  thou    God,  to  whom  ^ 

the  Hearts  of  both  are  known. 

10,  IT.  God  me  protefts  ;  n®t  only  mc,  ; 
but  all  of  upright  Heart  ; 

And  daily  lays   up  U'rath  for  thofe 
who  from  his  Laws  depart. 

12.  If  they  perfift,  he  whets  his  SN'.orcl, 
his  Bow  rtands  ready  bent  ; 

13.  Ev'n   now,  with  fwift  Deftruftion  wing'd;, 
his  pointed   Shafts  are  fent. 

14.  The  Plots  are   fruitlefs,  which  my  Foe 
unjuiUy  did   conceive  : 

1 5 .  The  Pk  he  digg'd  for  me  has  prov'd 
his  own  untimely  grave. 

16.  On  his  own  Head  his    Spite  returns, 
whilfl  I  from  Harm  am  free  : 

On  him  the    Violence  is  fall'n 

which  he  defign'd  for  me.  -    ■" 

17.  Therefore   will  I  the  righteous  Ways 
of  Providence  proclaim  ; 

I'll  fmg  the  Praife  of  God  moft  High, 
and  celebrate  his  Name, 

PSALM  VllL 

1  /^  THOU,  to  whom  all  Creatures  bow 

V^       within  this  earthly  Frame. 
Thro*  all  the  World,  how  great  art  Thou  1 

how    glorious  is  thy  Name  ! 
In  Heav'n  thy  wond'rous  A6ls  are  fung, 

nor  fully  reckon'd  there  ; 
7.  And  yet  thou  mak'll  the    Infant-Tongue, 
thy  boundlefs  Praife  declai*e. 

Thro 


12     ,      P  S  A  L  M    viil,   ix. 

Thro'   thee  the  Weak    confound  the  Strong, 

>    and  crwlTi  their  haughty  Foes  ; 
And  fo  thou  quell'ft   the  Wicked  Throng 
that  Thee  and  thine  oppofe. 

3.  When  Heav'n,  thy  beauteous  Work  on  high, 
employs  my  won'dring  Sight  ; 

The  Moon,  that^nightly  rules  the  Sky, 
wich  Stars  of. feebler  Light  ; 

4.  What's  Man,  fay  I,  that.  Lord,   thou  lov'il 

to  keep  him  in  thy  Mind  ? 
Or  what  his  Offspring,  that  thou  prov'il 
to  them  fo  wond'rous  kind  ? 

5.  Him  next  in  Pow'r  thou  didft  create 
to  thy  celeilid  Train  ; 

6.  Ordain'd  with  Dignity  and  State, 

o'er  all  thy    Works  to  reign. 

7.  They  jointly  own  his    powerful  Sway  ; 
the  Beafts  that  prey  cr  graze  ; 

8.  The  Bird  tiiat  wings  its  airy  Way  ; 
the  Fifh  that  cuts  the  Seas. 

9.  O  Thou  to  whom  all  Creatures  bow 
within  this  earthly  Frame, 

Thro'  all  the  World  how  great  art  Thou  ! 
how  glorious  is  thy    Name  I 

P  S  J  L  M   IX. 

I  ''nr^O  celebrate  thy  Praife,  O  Lord, 

J^  I  will  my"  Heart  prepare  : 

To  all  the  lili'fiing    V/orld  thy  Works, 

thy  wond'rous     Works  declare. 
2.  The  thought  of  them    Hi  all  to  my  Soul 

exM.lted  Fleafttre  bring  ; 
Whiifr  to  ti)y  Nanie,   O  thou  moft  High, 
D-iumphant  Praife  I  fmg. 

3.  Thou 


PSALM    ix.  15 

3.  Thou  mad'il  my  haughty  Foes  to  turn 

their  Backs  in  fliamelul  Flight  : 
Struck  with  thy  Prefence,  down  they  fell ; 
they  perifn'd  at  thy  Sight. 

4.  Againft  infulting  Foes  advanc'd. 
Thou  didil  my  Caufe  maintain  ; 

My  Right  aiTerting  from  thy  Throne, 
where  Truth  and  Juftice  reign. 

5.  -The  Infolence  of  Heathen  Pride 

thou  haft  reduc'd  to  Shame  ; 
Their  wicked  Offspring  quite  defiroy'd, 
and  blotted  out  their  Name. 

6.  Millaken  F^es,  your  haughty  Threats 
are  to  a  Period  come  : 

Our  City  ftands,  which  you  defign'd 
to  make  our  common  Tomb. 

7.  §.  The  Lord  for  ever  lives,  who  has 
his  righteous  Throne  prepar'd 

Impartial  Juftice  to  difpenfe, 
to  punifh  or  reward. 

9.  God  is  aconftant  fure  Defence- 
againft  opprelfingRage  : 

As  Troubles  rife,  his  needful  Aids 
in  our  Behalf  engage. 

10.  All  thofc  who  have  his  Gcodnefs  prov'd, 
will  in  his  Truth  confide  ; 

Whofe  Mercy  ne'er  for fook- the  Man 
that  on  his  Help  refy'd.       ,_   ,  ^ 

11.  Sing  Praifi:ii  thcrefoie  to  the  Lord, 
from  Sia;:  his  Abode  ; 

Pi-ociaim  his  Deeds,  tiilall  the  World, 
confefs  no  other  God. 

P  JR  T 


14  PSALM    ix. 


PART    II. 

12.  When  he  Inquiry  makes  for  Blood, 
he  calls  the  poor  to  Mind: 

The  injur'd  humble  Man's  Complaint, 
Redr§.fs  from  him  fhall  find. 

1 3 .  Take  Pity  on  my  Troubles  Lord, 
which  fpiteful  Foes  create, 

Thou  that  haft  refcu' d  me  fo  oft 
from  Death's  Devouring  Gate. 

14.  In' Si  on  then  I'll  iingthy  Praife, 
to  all  that  love  thy  Name; 

And  with  loud  Shouts  of  grateful  Joy 
thy  faving  Pow'r  proclaim. 

15.  Deep  in  the  pit  they  digg'd  for  me 
the  Heathen  Pride  is  laid  ; 

Their  guilty  Feet  to  their  own  Snare 
infenfibly  betray'd. 

16.  Thus,  by  the  juft  Returns  he  mak«s, 
the  mighty  Lord  is  known  ; 

While  wicked  Men  by  their  own  Plots 
are  fhamefully  o'erthrown. 

17.  No  fingle  Sinner  fhall  efcape 
by  Privacy  obfcur'd ; 

Nor  Nation,  from- his  juft  Revenge, 
by  Numbers  be  fecur'd. 

1 8.  His  fufF'ring  Saints,  ^vhen  moft  diflrefs'd 
he  ne'er  forgets  to  aid*; 

Their  expedations  fhall  be  crown'd, 

tho'  for  a  Time  del  ay M. 
J 9.   Arife,  O  Lord,   aiTert  thy  Pow'r, 

and  let  not  Man  o'ercome  ; 
Defcend  to  Judgment,  and  pronounce 

the  guilty  Heathens  Doom. 

20.  Strike 


PSALM    X.  15 

20.  Strike  Terror  thro'  the  Natioais  round, 

till,  by  confenting  Fear, 
They  to  each  other,  and  themfeh-es, 

but  mortal  Men  appear. 

P  S  J  L  M    X. 
1  /npvHY  Prefence  why  withdraw'll  thouLord  ? 

X  why  hid'ft  thou  now  thy  Face, 

When  difmal  Times  of  deep  Diftrefs 

call  For  thy  wonted  Grace  ? 

2.  Thfe  Wicked,  fwellM  with  lawlefs  Pride, 
have  made  the  poor  their  Prey  : 

O  let  ihcmfall  by    thofe   Defigns 
which  they  for   others  lay. 

3.  For  ftrait  they  triumph,  if  Succefs 
their  thriving  Crimes  attend  ; 

And  fordid  Wretches,  whom  God  hates, 

perverfly  they  commend. 
. .  To  own  a  Povv'r  above    themfelves 

tlieir haughty  Pride  difdains  ; 
And  therefore  in    their  ftubbornMind 

no  Thought  of  God  remains. 

-.Opprefiive Methods  they  perfue, 
"      and  all  their  Foes    they  flighty ; 
Eecaufe  thy  Judgments    unobferv'd 
are  far  above  their  Si^ht. 

6.  They  fondly  think    their  profp'rous  State, 

ihali  unmolelled    be  ; 
They  think  their  vain  Defigns  fiiall  thrive, 
from  Difappointment  free. 

7.  Vain  and  deceitful  is  their  Speech, 
with  Curfes  fill'd,  and  Lies  ; 

By  which  the  Mifchief  of    their  Heart 
they  ftudy  to  difguife. 

^         ^  8.  Ne 


i6  .      PSALM    X. 

8.  Near  publick  Roads  they  lie  conceal'd^. 
and  all  their  Art  employ. 

The  Innocent  and  Poor,  at  once 
to  rifle,  anddeftroy. 

9.  Not  Lions,    oouching  in  their  Dens, 
furprife  their  heedlcfs  Prey 

With  greater  Cunning,  or  exprefs 
more  favage  Rage,  than  they. 

10.  Sometimes  they  adl  the  harmlefs  Man, 
andmodell  Looks  they  wear  ; 

That,  fo  deceiv'd,  the  Poor  maylefs 
their  fudden  Onfet  fear. 

P  A  R,T  IL 

11.  For  God,  th.ey  think,  no  Notice  takes 
of  their  unrightecas  Deeds  ; 

He  never  minds  the  fufPring  Poor, 

nor  their  Oppreflion  heeds. 
22.  But  thou,  O  Lord,  at  length  arife 

ftretch  fort4i  thy  mighty  Arm  ; 
And,  by  the  Greatnefs  of  thy  Pow'r, 

defend  the  Poor  from  Harm. 

13.  No  longer  let  the  Wicked  vaunt,  . 
and  pj  oudly  boafting,  fay, 

•*  The  Lord  regards  not  what  we  do, 
"he  never  will  repay." 

14.  But  fure,  thou  feeft,  and  all  their  Deeds 
impartially  doft  try  : 

The  Orphan,  therefore,  and  the  Poor, 
on  thee  for  Aid  rely. 

15.  Defencelefs  let  the  ^yicked  fall, 
of  all  their  Strength  bereft  :    . 

Confound,  O  God,  their  dark  Deligns, 
till  no  Remains  are  left. 

16.   A/TerC 


P  S  A  L  M  X,  xi.  17 

16.  AfTert  thy  jufl:  Dominion, 'Lord, 

which  fhall  for  ever  (land  : 
Thou,  who  the  Heathen  did'ft  expel 

from  this  thy  chofen  Land. 
I7»  Thou  doft  the  humble  Suppliants  hearj 

that  to  thy  Throne  repair  ; 
Thou  firft  prepar'H  their  Hearts  to  pray, 

and  then  accept'fl  their  Pray'r, 

18.  Thou,  in  thy  righteous  Judgment,  weigVH 

the  Fatherlefs  and  Poor  ; 
That  To  the  Tyrants  of  the  Earth     ' 
may  perfecute  no  more. 

PSALM    XL 

I    QTNCE  I  have  plac'd  my  Truft  in  God, 

1^       a  refuge  always  nigh. 
Why  fhould  I,  like  a  tim'rous  Bird, 
to  diilant  Mountains  fly  ? 

2.  Behold,  the  Wicked  bend  their  Bow, 
and  ready  fix  their  Dart  ;. 

Lurking  in  Ambufh  to  deiiroy 
the  Man  of  upright  Heart. 

3.  When  once  the  firm  AiTurance  fails,, 
wliich  publick  Faith  imparts, 

Tis  Time  for  Innocence  to  fly 
from  fuch  deceitful  Arts. 

4.  The  Lord  hath  both  a  Temple  here, 
and  righteous  Throne  above  ; 

Where  he  furveys  the  Sons  of  Men, 
and  how  their  Counfels  move  : 

5.  If  God,  the  Righteous,  whom  he  loves, 
for  Trial,  does  correct ; 

What  mull  the  Sons  of  Violence, 
whom  he  abhcrs;,  expert  ? 

6.  Snares 


i8  PSALM  xi,  xii. 

6.  Snares,  Fire,  and  Brimftone,  on  their  Heads 
ftiall  in  one  Tempeft  fliovv'r;  - 

This  dreadful  Mixture  his  Revenge 
into  their  Cup  Ihall  pour. 

7.  The  righteous  Lord  will  righteous  Deeds, 
with  fignal  Favour  grace  ; 

And  to  the  upright  Man  difclofe 
the  Brightnefs  of  his  Face. 

PSALM   XII. 

I  QINCE  godly  Men  decay,  O  Lord, 

v3     do  thou  my  Caufe  defend  ; 
For  fcarce  thefe  wretched  Times  afford 
one  juft  and  Faithful  Friend. 

2.  One  Neighbour  now  can  fcarce  believe 

what  th'  other  does  impart  ; 
With  flatt'  ring  Lips  they  all  deceive 
and  with  a  double  Heart. 

3.  But  Lips  that  with  Deceit  abound, 
can  never  profper  long  ; 

God's  righteous  Vengeance  will  confound 
the  proud  blafpheming  Tongue. 

4.  In  vain  thofe  foolilh  Boafters  fay, 
"  Our  Tongues  are,  fure,  our  own  ; 

"  With  doubtful  Words  we'll  flill  betray, 
"  and  be  controul'd  by  none. 

5.  For  God,  who  hears  the  fuff'ring  Poor, 
and  their  Oppreffion  knows, 

Will  foon  arife,   and  give  them  Reft, 
in  fpite  of  all  their  Foes. 

6.  The  Word  of  God  fh all  ftill  abide, 
and  void  of  Falfnood  be, 

As  is  the  Silver,  fev'n  times  try'd, 
from  drofly  Mixture  free. 

7.  The 


PSALM   xii,  xiii.  19 

7.  The  Promife  of  his  aiding  Grace 

fhall  reach  its  purpos'd  End  : 
His  Servants  from  this  faithlefs  Race 
he  ever  fhall   defend. 

8.  Then  fhall  the  Wicked  be  perplex'd, 

nor  know  which  Way  to  f?y  ; 
When   thofe  whom    they  defpis'd  aad    vex'd, 
fhall  be  advanc'd  on  high. 

PSALM    XIH. 

iTTOW  long  wilt  thou  forget  me,   Lord  ? 

JL  X     niuft  r  forever  mourn  ? 
How  long  wilt  thou  withdraw  from  me. 
Oh,  never  to  return  ? 

2.  How  long  fhall   anxious  Thoughts  my  Soul, 
and  Grief  my  Heart  opprefs  ? 

How  long  my  Enemies  infult, 
and  I  have  no  Redrefs  ? 

3.  O,  hear  !  and  to  my  longing  Eyes 

reilore  thy  wonted  Light  ; 
And  fuddenly,  or  I  fhall  fleep 
in  everlafling  Night. 

4.  Reflore  me,  left  they  proudly  boafl 

*twas  their  own  Strength  o'ercame  : 
Permit  -not  them  that  vex  my  Soul, 
to  triumph  in  my  Shame. 

5 .  Since  I  have  always  plac*d  my  Truft 
beneath  thy  Mercy's  Wing, 

Thy  faving  Health  will  come,  and   then 
my    Heart  with  Joy  fhall  fpring  ; 

6.  Then  ihall  my  Song, with  Praife  infpir'd, 

to  thee,  my  God,  afcend, 

Who  to  thy  Servant  in  Diftrefs, 

fuch  Bounty  didft  extend. 

PSALM 


20  P  S  A  L  M  xiv,  xv; 

P  S  J  L  M  XIV. 
1   QURE,  wicked  Fools  muft  needs  Tuppofe 

1^     That  God  is  nothing  but  a   Name  : 
Corrupt  and  lewd  their  Pra&ce  grows. 
No  Breaft  is  warm'd  with  holy  Flame. 

2.  The  Lord  look'd  down  from  Heav'n's  high- 
A"nd  all  the  Sons  of  Men  did  view,  (Tow'r 
To  fee  if  any  own'd  his  Pow'r  ; 

If  any  Truth  or  Juftice  knew. 

3.  But  all,  he  faw,  were  gone  afide. 
All  were  degenerate  grown  and  ba'^e  : 
None  took  Religion  for  their  Guide, 
Not  one  of  all  the  finful  Race. 

4.  But  can  thefe  Workers  of  Deceit 
Be  all  fo  dull  and  fenfelefs  grown. 
That  they,  like  Bread,  my  People  eat. 
And  God's  Almighty  Pow'r  difown  ? 

5.  How  will  they  tremble  then  for  Fear, 
When  his  jtjft  Wrath  fliall  them  overtake  !: 
For,  to  the  Righteous,  God  is  near. 

And  never  will  their  Caufe  forfake. 

6.  Ill  Men,  in  vain  with  Scorn  expoie 
The  Methods  which  the  Good  purfue  ; 
Since  Giod  a  Refuge  is  for  thofe 
Whom  his  juil  Eyes  with  Favour  view. 

7.  Would  he  his  faving  Pow'r  employ. 
To  break  his  People's  fervile  Band  ; 
Then  Shouts  of  univerfal  Joy 

Shall  loudly  eccho  through  the  Land. 

P  S  A  L  M    XV. 
1    T    OR-D,  who's  the  happy  Man,  that  nlayv 

I   J     to  thy  hi  ell  Courts  repair  ; 
Not,  Stranger-like,  to  vifit  them, 

but  to  inhabit  there  ?  •■        2.  *Tis 


PSALM  Kv,  xvi.  2 1 

2.  'Tis  he,  whofe  ev'ry  Thought,  and  Deed 
by  Rules  of  Virtue  moves  ; 

Whofe  gen'rous  Tongue  difdains  to  (peak 
the  Thing  his  Heart  difproves. 

3.  Who  never  did  a  Slander  forge, 
his  Neighbour's  Fame  to  wound 

Nor  hearken  to  a  falfe  Report, 
By  Malice  whifper'd  round. 

4.  Who  Vice  in  all  its  Pomp  and  PowV, 
can  treat  with  juft  Negled  ; 

And  Piety,  tho'  cloath'd  in  Rags, 

religioufly  refpedl. 
Who  to  his  plighted  Vows  and  Trud 

has  ever  firmly  flood  ; 
And  tho'  he  promife  to  his  Lofs, 

he  makes  his  Promife  good. 

5.  Whofe  Soul  inUfury  difdains 
his  Treafure  to  employ  ; 

Whom  no  Rewards  can  ever  bribe, 

the  Guiltlefs  to  deilroy. 
The  Man,  who  by  this  Heady  Courfe 

has  Happinefs  enfur'd. 
When  Earth's  Foundation  fhakes,  Ihall  (land, 

by  Providence  fecur'd. 

PSALM    XVI. 

I    T)ROTECT  me  from,  my  cruel  Foes, 

X        and  fhield  me.  Lord,  from  Harm  ; 
Becaufe  my  Truft  I  ftill  repofe 

on  thy  Almighty  Arm. 
2.  My  Soul  all  Help  but  thine  does  flight, 

all  Gods  but  Thee  difown  ; 

Yet  can   no  Deeds  of  mine  requite, 

the  Goodnefs  thou  hail  ihown. 

3.  But 


22  PSALM   xvi. 

3.  But  thofe  that  ftriftly  virtuous  are, 
and  love  the  Thing  that's  right. 

To  favour  always,  and  prefer, 
ihall  be  my  chief   Delight. 

4.  How  Ihall  their  Sorrows  be  increased, 
who  other  Gods  adore  ! 

Their  bloody  OfF'rings  I  detell, 
their  very  Names  abhor. 

5 .  My  Lot  is  fairn  in  the  blefl  Land, 
where  God  is  truly  known ; 

He  fills  my  Qup  with  lib'ral  Hand ; 
*tis  He  fupports,  my  Throne. 

6.  In  Nature's  moll  delightful  Scene 
my  happy  Portion  lies  ; 

The  Place  of  my  appointed  Reign 
all  other  Lands  outvies, 

7.  Therefore  my  Soul  Ihall  blefs  the  Lord, 
whofe  Precepts  give  me  Light, 

And  private  Counfel  ftill  afford, 
in  Sorrow's  difmal  Night. 

8.  I  flriveeach  Adion  to  approve 

to  His  all-feeing  Eye  ; 
No  Danger  fhall  my  Hopes  remove,      ' 
becaufe  He  llill  is  nigh. 

9.  Therefore  my  Heart  all  Grief  defies, 
my  Glory  does  rejoice  ; 

My  Flefh  Ihall  reft,  in  Hope  to  rife, 
wak'd  by  His  pow'rful  Voice. 

10.  Thou,  Lord,  when  I  refign  my  Breath, 
my  Soul  from  Hell  fhalt  free  ; 

Nor  let  thy  Holy  one  in  Death 
the  leall  Corruption  fee. 


II.  Thou 


PSALM  XVI,  xvil.  23  ' 

1 1 .  Thou  fhalt  the  Paths  of  Life  difplay, 

that  to  thy  Pre  fence  lead  ; 
Where  Pleafures  dwell  without  Allay, 

and  Joys  that  never  fade. 

PSALM  xvir. 

I  'Tp^O  my  juft  Plea,   and  fad  Complaint, 
X         attend,  O  righteous  Lord, 

And  to  my  Prayer,    as  'tis  unfeignM, 
a  gracious  Ear  afford. 

2.  As  in  thy   Sight  I  am  approved, 

fo  let  my  Sentence  be  ; 
And  with    impartial  Eyes,  O  Lord, 
my  upright  Dealing  fee. 

3 .  For  thou  haft  fearch'd  my  Heart  by  Day 

and  vifited  by  Night ; 
And  on  the   ftriaeft    Trial  found 

its  fecret  Motions  right. 
Norlhall  thy  Juftice,  Lord  alone 

my  Heart's    Deligns  acquit ; 
Fori  have  purpos'd,   that  my  Tongue 

fhall  no  Offence  commit. 

4.  I  know  what  wicked    Men  would  do, 

their  Safety  to    maintain  ; 
But  me  thy  juft   and  mild    Commands 
from  bloody  Paths  reftrain. 

5.  That  I  may  ftill,  in  fpite  of  Wrongs, 

my  Innocence  fecure, 
O,  guide  me  in  thy  righteous  Ways, 
and  make  my  Footfteps  fure. 

6.  Since  heretofore,  I  ne'er  in  vain 

to  Thee  my  Pray'r  addrefs'd  ; 
O  !  now,  my  God,  incline  thine  Ear 
to  this    myjuftReijueft. 

7.  The 


24  PSALM  xvii. 

7.  The  Wonders  of  thy  Truth  and  Love 
in  my  Defence    engage. 

Thou  whofe  Right-hand  preferves  thy  Saints 
from  their  OpprefTors  Rage, 

PART    II. 

8,  9.    O  !  keep  jne  in  thy  tend'reft  Care ; 
thy  iheltring  Wings   ftretch  out. 

To  guard  me  fafe  from  favage  Foes, 
that  compafs  me  about  : 

10.  Overgrown  with  Luxur}'-,  inclos'd 
in  their  own  Fat   they  lie  ; 

And  with  a  proud  blafpheming  Mouth 
both  God  and  Man  defie-. 

11.  Well  may  they  boaft  ;  for  they  have  now 
my  Paths  encompafs'd  round  ; 

Their  Eyes  at  watch,  their  Bodies  bow'd 
and  couching  on  the  Ground. 

12.  In  Poilure  of  a  Loin  fet, 
when  greedy  of  his  Prey  ; 

Or  a  young  Lion,  when  he  lurks 
within  a  covert  Way. 

13.  Arife,  O  Lord,  defeat  their  Plots, 
their  fwelling  Ragecontroul  : 

From  wicked  Men,  who    are  thy  Sword, 
deliver  thou   my  Soul   : 

14.  From  v/orldly  Men,  thy    fharpeft  Scourge, 
whofe  Portion's  here  below  ; 

Who  iiiFd  with  earthly  Stores,  aipire 
no  other  Blifs    to  know. 

15.  Their  R^ce  is  numVous,  that  partake 
their  Subftance  while  they  live  ; 

Their  Heirs  furvive,  to  whom  they  may 
the  vafl:  Remainder  give. 

16.  But 


PSALM  xvii,  xviii.  45 

16.  But  T,  in  Uprightnefs,  thy  Face 

fhill  view  without  Controul  ; 
And,  waking,  fhall  its  Image  find 

reflected  in  my  Soul. 

PSALM    XVIIT. 

1,  "l^TO  Change  of  Times  ihaU  ever  (hock 

2.  1^      My  firm  AfFeftion,  Lord,    to  Thee 
For  thou  haft  always  been  a  Rock, 

A  Fortrefs  and  Defence  to  me. 
Thou  my  Deliv'rer  art,  my  God  ; 
My  Truft  is  in  thy  mighty  Povv*r  ; 
Thou  art  my  Shield  from  Foes  abroad. 
At  home  my  Safeguard  and  my  TowV.  * 

3.  To  Thee  I  will  addrefs  myPrayV, 
(To  whom  all  Praife  we  juftly  owe;  ) 
So  fhall  I,  by  thy  watchful  Care, 

Be  guarded  from  my  treach'rous  Foe. 

4,  5.  By  Floods  of  wicked  Men  diftrefsM, 
With  deadly  Sorrows  compafs'd  round. 
With  dire  infernal  Pangs  opprefs'd. 

In  Death's  unwieldy  Fetters  bound  < 

6.  To  Heaven  I  made  my  mournful  Pray*r, 
To  God  addrefsM  my  humble  Moan  ; 
Who  gracioufly  inclined  his  Ear, 

And  heard  me  from  his  lofty  Throne. 
PART    II. 

7.  When  God  arofe,  to  take  my  Part, 
The  confcious  Earth  did  quake  for  Fear  ; 
From  their  firm    Polls  the  Hills  did  Itart, 
Nor  could  his  dreadful  Fury  bear. 

8.  Thick  Clouds  of  Smoke  difpers'd  abroad, 
Enfigns  of  Wrath  before  Him  came  ; 
Devouring  Fire  around  Him  glow'd. 

That  Coals  were  kindled  at  its  Flame. 


% 


B 


9-   He 


26  P  S  A  1.  M  xviii, 

t).  He  left  the  beauteous  Realms  of  Light, 
Whilll  Heav'n  bow'd  down  its  awful  Head  ; 
!Beneath  his  Feet  fubltantial  Night 
Was,  like  a  fable  Carpet,  fpread. 

10.  The  Chariot  of  the  King  pf  King*, 
Which  adive  Troops  of  Angels  drew. 
On  a  flrong  TempelVs  rapid  Wings, 
With  moll:  amazing  Swiftnefs,  fiew. 

11,  12.  Black  watry  Mifts  and  Clouds  confpir'd 
With  thickeil, Shades,  his  Face  to  veil  ; 

But  at  hisBrightnefs  foon  retir'd, 

And  feliin  Show'rs  of  Fire  and  Hail, 

1 3-  Thro'Heav'n's  wide  Arch  a  thund'ringPeaf, 

God's  angry  Voice,  did  loudly  roar  I 

While  Earth's  fad  Face  with  Heaps  of  Hail, 

And  Flakes  of  Fire,  .was  coyer'd  o'er. 

14.  His  fharpen'd  Arrows  i-ound  He  threw. 
Which  made  his  fcatter'd  Foes  retreat  ; 
Like  Darts  his  nimble  Light'nings  flew, 
And  quickly. finifh'd  their  Defeat. 

15.  The  Deep  it's  fecret  Stores   difclos'd. 
The  World's  Foundations  naked  lay ; 

Sy  his  avenging  Wrath  expos'd, 
,Which  fiercely  rarg'd  that  dreadful  Day. 

P  ART    III. 

i6.  The  Lord  did  on  my  Side  engage  ; 
J'rom  Heav'n,  his  Throne,  my  Caufe  upheld  i 
And  fnatch'd  me   from  the  furious  Rage 
Of,  threatening    Waves,    that   proudly  fwelrd. 
37.  God  his  rcfirtlefs  Pow'r  employ'd 
My  urongeil  Foes  Attempts  to  break ; 
Who  elfe  with  Eafe  had    foon  deftroy*d 
Tjiie  w€ak  Defence;  that  I  could  make**, 

!8.  Their 


P  S  il  L  M    xviii.  27 

18.  Their  fnbtle Rage  had  near   prevail'cT^ 
When  I  diftrefs'd  and  friendlefs  lay  ; 
But  flill  when  other  Succours  faird, 
God  was  my  firm  Support  and  Stay. 
19.   From  Dangers  that  enclos'd  me  round. 
He  brought  me  forth  and  fet   me  free  ; 
For  fome  juft  caufe  his  Goodnefs  found, 
That  mov'd  Him  to  delight  in    rae» 

2©.  Becaufein  meno  Guilt    remains, 
God  does  his  gracious  Help     extend  : 
My  Hands  are  free  from     bloody  Stains 
Therefore  the  Lord  iz  Hill  my  Friend. 
21,22.  Fori  his  Judgments  kept  in  Sight, 
In  his  juft  Paths  have    always  trod  ; 
1  never  did  his  Statutes  flight. 
Nor  loofely  wander'dirom  my  God. 

23,  24.  ButftiJl  my  Soul,  fmcere  and  pure. 
Did  e'en  from  darling  Sins  refrain  : 
His  Favours    therefore  yet  endure, 
Becaufe  my  Heart  and  Hands  are  clean. 

P  A  R  T    lY. 
25,26.  Thou  fuit'il,0  Lord,  thy  righteousWays 
To  various  Paths  of  human  Kind  ; 
They  who  for  Mercy    merit  Praife, 
With  Thee  fhall  wond'rous  Mercy  find. 
Thou  to  the  Juft    ihalt  JuiHce   fiiow  ; 
The  Pure  thy  Purity  fhall  fee  ; 
Such  as  perverfly  choofe  to  go, 
Shall  meet  with  due  Returns    from  Thee. 

27,28.  Th^t  He  the  humbleSoul  will  fave. 
And  crufh  the  Haughty^s  boafled  Might, 
In  me  the  Lord  an  Inllance  gave, 
Whofe  Darknefs  He  has  turn'd  to  Light* 

B  2  29.  On 


28  PSALM   xviii. 

29.  On  his  firm  Succour  I  rely'd, 
And  did  o*er  num'rous  Foes  prevail  ; 
Nor  fear*d  whilft  He  was  on  my  Side, 
The  beft  defended  Walls  to  fcale. 

30.  For  God*s  Defigns  ihall  ftill  fucceed  ; 
His  Word  will  bear  the  ntmoft  Teft  : 
He's  a  ftrong  Shield  to  all  that  need. 
And  on  his  fure  Proteftion   reft. 

31.  Who  then  deferves    tobeadorM, 
But  God,  on  whom  my  Hopes  depend  ? 
Or  who,  except  the  mighty  Lord, 
Can  with  refilllefs  Pow'r  defend  ? 

P  J  R  T  V, 
32,33.  'Tis  God  that  girds  my  Armour  on, 
And  all  my  juft  Defigns    fulfils  ; 
Through  Him,  my  Feet  canfwiftly  run. 
And  nimbly  climb  the  fleepeft  Hills. 

34.  Leifens  of  War  from  Him  I  take. 
And  manly  Weapons  learn   to  wield  : 
Strong  Bows   of  Steel  with  Eafe  I  break, 
Forc'd  by  my  ftronger  Arms  to  yield. 

35.  The  Buckler  of  His    faving  Health 
Prote«5ls  me  from  infulting  Foes  : 
His  Hand  fuftains  me  Hill  ;  my  Wealth 
And  Grcatnels  from  his  Bounty  flows. 

36.  My  Goings  He  enlarged  abroad. 
Till  then  to  narrow    Paths  confined  ; 
And,  when  in  flipp'ry  Ways  I  trod. 
The  Method  of  my  Steps  defign'd. 

37.  Through  Him  I  num'rous  Holls  d*jfeat> 
And  flying  Squadrons  captive  take  ; 

Nor  from  my  fierce  Purfuit  retreat. 
Till  I  a  final  Conqueftmake. 

38,  CoverM 


PSALM    xviii.  29 

^S.  Cover'd  with  Wounds,  in  vain  they  try 
Their  vanquiftiM  Heads  again  to  rear  : 
Spite  of  their  boafted    Stiength,  they  lie 
Beneath  my  Feet,  and  grove(  there. 

39.  God,   when  frcfh  Armies  take  the  Field, 
Recruits  my  Strength,  my  Courage  warms 
He  makes  my  ftrong  Oppofcrs  yield, 
Subdu'd  by  my  prevailing  Arms. 

40.  Thro'  Him,  the  Necks  of  proflrate  Foes 
My  conqu'ring  Feet  in  Triumph  prefs  : 
Aided  by  Him,  I  root  out  thofe. 

Who  hate  and  envy  my  Succefs. 

41.  With   loud  Complaints  all  Friends  they 
But  none  was  able  to  defend  :  [try'd; 
At  length  to  God  for  Help  they  cry'd  ; 

.But  God  would  no  Alfiftance.  lend. 

42.  Like  flying  Dull,  which  Winds  purfue. 
Their  broken  Troops  I  fcatter*d  round  : 
Their  (laughter  M  Bodies  forth  I  threw. 
Like  loatWbme  Dirt,  that  clogs  the  Ground. 

P  J  R  T    \l. 

43.  Our  fadious  Tribes,  at  Strife  till  now. 
By  God's  Appointment,  me  obey  ; 

The  Heathen  to   my  Sceptre  bow. 
And  foreign    Nations  own  my  Sway. 

44.  Remoteft  Realms  their  Homage  fend. 
When  my  fuccefsful  Name  they  hear ; 
Strangers  for  my  Commands  attend, 
Charm'd  with  Refpe£l,  or  aw'd  by  Fear. 

45.  All  to  my  Summons  tamely  yield,    ^ 
Or  foon  in  Battle  are  difmay'd  ; 

For  ftronger  Holds  they  quit  the  Field, 
And  ftill  in  ftrongeft  Holds  afraid. 

B  ^  46.  Let 


30  PSALM  xviii,  xix. 

46.  Let  the  eternal  Lord  be  prais'd. 
The  Rock  on  whofe  Defence  I  reft  ! 
O'er  highefi:  Heav'ns  his  Name   be  rais'd, 
V/ho  me  with  his  Salvation  blefs'd. 

47.  '•Tis  God  that  ftill  fupports  my  Right ; 
His  juil  Revenge  my    Foes   purfues  ; 
'Tis  He,  that,  with  refiftlefs  Might, 
Fierce  Nations  to  my  Yoke  fubdues. 

48.  My  iiniverfal  Safeguard  He  ! 
From  whom  my  lafting  Honours  flow  5 
He  made  me  great,    and  fet  me  free 
From  my  remorfelefs  bloody  Foe. 

49.  Therefore,    to  celebrate  his  Fame, 
My  grateful  Voice  to  Heay'n  I'll  raife  ; 
And  Nations,  Strangers  to  his  Name, 
Shall  thus  be  taught  to  fing  his  Praife  : 

50.  *♦  God   to  his  King  Deliv'rance  fends, 
*'  Shews  his  Anointed  fignal  Grace  : 

"  His  Mercy  evermore,  extends 

*'  To  Davidy  and  his  promis'd  Race.'* 

P  S  A  L  M    XIX. 
3   ^^~r^HE  Heav'ns  declare  thy  Glory,    Lord, 

X        which  that  alone    can  fill , 
The  Firmament  and  Stars  exprefs  ' 

their  gr^at  Creator's  Skill. 
2.  The  Dawn  of  each  returning  Diiy, 

freui  Beams  o^  Knowledge  brings  ; 
And  from  the  dark  Returns  of  Night 

divine  Infiruftion  fp rings. 

^.  Their  pow'rful.  Language  to  no  Realm 

or  Region  is  confin'd  ; 
'Tis  Nature's  Voice,  and  underftood 

alike  by  all  Mankind. 

A.  Their 


PSALM  xix.  31 

4.  Their  Doftrine  does  its  lacred  Senfe 
through  Earth's  Extent  difplay  ; 

Whofe  bright  Contents  the  circling  Sua 
does  round  the  World  convey. 

5.  No  Bridegroom  for  his  Nuptials  drefs^d. 
has  fuch  a  chearful  Face   : ' 

No  Giant  does  like  him  rejoicej 
to  run  his  glorious  Race. 

6.  From  E^ift  to  Well,  from  Well  to  Bail, 
his  relllcfs  Courfe  he -goes  ; 

And,  through   his  Progrefs,  chearful    Lights 
and  vital  Warmth  bellows. 
PAR  T    II. 

7.  God^s   perfe»!:1  Law  converts   the  Soul, 
reclaims  from  falfe    Deiires  ; 

With  facred  Wifdom    his  fure  Word 
the  Ignorant  infpires. 

8.  The  Statutes  of  the  Lord  are  jufp, 
and  bring  fmcere  Delight  ; 

His  pure  Commands  in  fearch  of  Truth- 
afiiil  the  feebleil  Sight. 

9.-  His  perfecl  Worfhip  here  is  fix'd, 

on  fure  Foundations  laid  : 
His  equal  Laws  are  in  the  Scales     . 

oFTi-uth  and  Juliice  weigh'd;   • 

10.  Of  more  Efteem  th^n  golden  Mines, 
or.  Gold  relin'd  with  Skill  ;    -  *  ' 

More  f.vect  than  Floney,  or  the  Dto'^z 
that  £i-om  the  Comb  dillil. 

1 1 .  My  trufly  Couhrellor<^  they  are, 
and    friendly  Warnings  give  • 

Divine  Rewards  attend  on  thofe, 
who  by  thv  Preceprts  live.  • 

'      ■         B  4.  i2.  Bwr 


32  PSALM   xix,  XX. 

12.  But  what  frail  Man  obferves  how  oft 
he  does  from  Virtue  fall  ! 

O  !  cleanfe  me  from  my  fecret  Faults, 
thou  God  thatknow'il  them  all. 

13.  Let  no  prefumptuous  Sin,  O  Lord, 
Dominion  have  o'er  me  ; 

That,  by  thy  Grace  preferv'd,  I  may 
the  great  Tranfgrefrion  flee. 

14.  So  ihall  my  Pray'r  and  Praifes  be, 
with  thy  Acceptance  blell  ; 

And  I  fecure,  on  thy  Defence, 

my  Strength  and  Saviour  reft. 
PSALM    XX. 
I    '"p^HE  Lord  to  thy  Requeft  attend, 

j[      and  hear  thee  in  Dillrefs  ; 
The  Name  of  Jacobs  God  defend. 

and  grant  thy  Arms  fuccefs. 

2.  To  aid  thee  from  on  High  repair, 

and  Strength  from  Sic»  give  ; 

3.  Remember  all  thy  OfF'rings  there  ; 
thy  Sacrifice  receive. 

4.  To  compafs  thy  own  Heart's  Dcfire 
thy  Counfels  llill  dired  ; 

Make  kindly  all  Events  confpire 
to  bring  them  to  EfFeft. 

5.  To  thy  Salvation,  Lord,  for  Aid, 
wc  chearfully  repair. 

With  Banners  in  thy  Name  difplayM ; 
**  The  Lord  accept  thy  Pray'r. 

6.  Our  Hopes  are  fix'd,  that  now.  the   Lord 

Our  Sov'reign  will  defend  ; 
From  Heav'n  refiftlcfs  Aid  afford, 
SLXid    to  his  Prayer  attend. 

7.  Some 


PSALM  XX,  xxi.  33 

7.  Some  truft  in  Steeds  for  War  defign'd, 
on    Chariots  feme  rely  ; 

Againft  them  all,  we'll  call  to  mind 
the  Pow'r  of  God  moft  High. 

8.  But,  from  their  Steeds   and  Chariots   thrown 
behold  them,  thro'  the  Plain, 

Dirorder'd  broke,  and  trampled  down, 
whilft  firm  our  Troops  remain. 

9.  Still  fave  us.  Lord,  and  ftill  proceed 
our  rightful  Caufe  to  blefs  ; 

Kear,  Kir.g  ofHeav'n,  in  Times  of  Need, 
thePray'rs  that  we  addrefs. 

p  s  J  L  M  xxr. 

I'TT^HE  King,  O  Lord,  with  Songs  of  Praife 
X      ^^^^  in  thy  Strength  rejoice  ; 

With  thy  Salvation  cro'wn'd,  fhallraiie 
to  Heav'n  his  chearful  Voice. 

2.  For  Thou,  whate'er  his  Lips  requeft, 
not  only  doil   impart. 

But  haft  with  thy   Acceptance  bleft 
the  Wifhes  of  his  Heart. 

3.  Thy  Goodnefs  and  thy  tender  Care 
have  all  His  Hopes  out-gone ; 

A  Crown  of  Gold  Thou  mad'il  him  wear, 
and  fett'dftit  firmly  on. 

4.  He  pray'd  for  Life  ;  and  Thou,  O  Lord, 

did'ft  his  fhort  Span  extend. 
And  gracioufly  to  him  afford 
a  Life- that  ne'er  ihall  end. 

5.  Thy  fure  Defence,    through  Nations  round, 
has  fpread  his    glorious  Name  ; 

J^ndhis  fuccefsful  Anions  crov/n'd 

with  Majefty  and  Fame. 
I  B  5  6    Eternal 


34-  PSALM   5c:^L 

6.  Eternal  Bleffing  Thou  Beftow'fl, 
and  mak'iV  his  Joys  increafe  ; 

While  Thou  to  him,    unclouded,  fhow'll 
theBrightnefs  ofthyFace. 
P_^  R  T   II. 

7.  Becaufe  the  King  on  God  alone 
for  timely  Aid  relies  ; 

His  Mercy  flill  flipports   his  Throne, 
and' all  his  Wants  fupplies. 

8.  But,  righteo'.is  Lord,  thy  flubborn  Foes 
fhall  feel  thy  heavy  Hand  ; 

Thy  vengeful  Arm  fhall  find  out  thofe 
ilrat  hate  thy  mild  Command. 

■f).  When  Thou  agairtil  them  doft  engage, 

thy  juft,  but  dreadful  Doom 
Shall,  like  a  glowing  Oven's  Rage* 

their  Hopes  and  them  confume. 
10.  Nor  fhall  thy  furious  Anger  ceafe, 

or  with  their  Ruin  end  ; 
!But  robt  out  all  ^heir  guilty  Race, 

and  to  their  Seed  extend. 

ii.  For  all  their  Thoughts  were  fet  on  Hi) 

thtir  Hearts  on  Malice  bent  ; 
But  Thou  with  watchful  Care  did'll  fall 

the  ill  Ede^s  prevent. 

12.  In  vain  by  fhameful  Flight  they'll  try 
to  'fcrpe  thv  dreadful  Might  ; 

Whi'ethy  fwift  Darts  fhall  fairer  fly, 
and  gall  them  in  their  Flight. 

13.  Thus,  Lord,  tliy  wondVous    Strength    dif- 
and  thus  exalt  thy  Fame  ;  (clofe> 

Whilfl  we  glad  Songs  of  Praife  compofc 
to  thy  Almighty  Name. 


PSALM  xxii.  ^5 

p  s  A  L  M   XXII. 
I   7^  yTY  God,  my  God,  why  leav'fl  Thou  m&t 

IVJL       when  t  with  Anguilli  faint  ? 
O,  why  fo  far  from  me  remov'd,  . 
and  from  my  loud   Complaint  ? 

2.  All  Day,  but  all  the  Day  unheard, 
to  Thee  do  I  complain  ; 

With  Cries  iir^plore  Relief  all  Night, 
but  cry  all  Night  in  vain. 

3.  Yet  Thou  art   iliil  the  righteous  Judge 

of  Innocence  opprefs'd  ; 
And  therefore  Jfrc.eVs  Praifes  arq 

of  Right  to  Thee  addrefsM. 
4,.  5,   On  Thee  our  Anceftors  rely'd, 

and  thy  Deliverance  found  ; 
With  pious  Confidence  they  pray'd, 

and  with  Suceefs  were  crown'd. 

6.  But  I  am  treated  like  a  Worm, 
like  none  of  human  Birth  : 

Not  only  by  the  Great  revii'd, 
but  made  the  Rabble's  Mirths 

7.  With  Laughter  all  the  gazing  Crowd 

my  Agonies  fu»vey  ; 
They  {hoot  the  Lip,  they  (hake  the  Head, 
and  thus,  deeding  fay. : 

8.  "  In  God  he  trufled,  boaliing  oft, 
'*  that  he  was  Keav'ns  Delight ; 

**  Let  God  come  down  to  fave  him  new, 
**  and  own  his  Favourite. 

PART    W. 

9.  Thou  mad 'ft  mv  teeming  Mother's  Womb 
a  living  OiFspring  bear; 

When  but  a  Suckling  at  '.hejBreaft, 

I  was  thy  early  Care.  10.  Thou 


3^  PSALM  xxli. 

10.  Thou,    Guardian -like,    didfl  Ihield    from 
my  helpk'fs  Infant  Days  r         '      [Wrongs 

And  fince  hafl   been  my  God  and  Guide, 
through  Life's  bewildered  Ways. 

11.  Withdraw  not  then  fo  far  from  me, 
when  Trnible  is  fonigh: 

O  !  fend  me  Help,   thy  Help,  on  which 
J  cvAy  c?n  rely. 

12.  Hio-h-pamr,cr'd  Bulls,  a  frowning  Herd, 
_  from  Bi!jan<>  Forefr  met. 

With  Strength  proportion'd  to  their  Rage, 
have  me  aro-und  befet. 

i  ?.  They  ^npe  on  me,  and  Q.v'^xy  mouth 

a  yawning  Grave  appears  ; 
The  defert  Lion's  favage  Roar 

lefs  dreadful  is  than  theirs. 
PART    III. 

14.  My  Blood,  like  Waters  fpili'd,  my  Joints 
aie  rack'd,  and  out   of  Frame  ; 

i^'^y  Heart  di/FoIves  within  my  Breaft, 
like  Wax  before  the  Flame. 

1 5 .  My  ^tr^ngth,  like  Potters  Earth,  is  parchM  ; 
my   Tongue  cleaves  to  my  jav.'S  j 

And  to  the  filent  Shades  of  Death 
my  fainting  Soul  withdraws. 

\(i.  Like  Blood- hounds,  to  furroand  me,  they 
'^     in  pack'd  AfTemblies  meet  ; 
They   pierc'd  my  inoffenfive  Hands, 

they  pierc'd  my  harmlefs  Feet. 
17,  J,^y  Cody's  rack'd,  till  all  my  Bones 

*Miiind]y  maybe  told  : 

Yet  fuch  a  Spcaacle  of  Woe, 

as  FaRinie  they  behold. 

^  18.  At 


PSALM    xxii.  37 

18.  AsTpoil,  my  Garments  they  divide. 
Lots  for  my  Vefture  cad  : 

19.  Therefore  approach,  O  Lord,  myStrengthj 
and  to  my   Succour  hafte. 

20.  From  their  fharp  Sword  protefl  Thou  me, 
of  all  but  Life  bereft  1 

Nor  let  my  Darling  in  the  Pow'x 
of  cruel  Dogs  be  left. 

21.  To  fave  me  from  the  Lion^s  Jaws, 
thy  prefent  Succour  fend  ; 

As  once,  fi-om   goring  Unicorns, 
Thou  didll  my  LiTe  defend. 

22.  Then  to  my   Brethren  I'll  declare 
the  Triumphs  of  thy  Name  ; 

In  Prefence  of  affcmbled  Saints, 
thy  Glory  thus  proclaim  : 

23.  "  Ye  Worfhippers  o^  Jacob's  God, 
"  all  you  of  IJ^-ael's  Line, 

<<  O  praife  the  Lord,  and  to  your  Praife 
"  fmcere  Obedience   join. 

24.  <*  He  ne'er  difdain'd  on  low  Diilrefs 
<'  to  call  a  gracious  Eye  ; 

«'  Nor  turn'd  from  Poverty  .His  Face, 
**  but  hears  its  humble  Cry." 

P  A  R  T   IY> 

25.  Thusin  thy  facred  Courts,  will  I 
my  chearful  Thanks  exprefs ; 

In  Prefence  of  thy  Saints  perform  "^^^ . 

the  Vowsof  my  Diftrefs. 
-26.  The  meek    Companions  of  my  Grief 

iliall  find  my  Table  fpread  ; 
And  all,  that  feek  the  Lord,  Ihali  be 

withjoys  immortal  fed, 

27.  Thjoi 


38         PSALM  xxii,  xxlii. 

27.  Then  fh all  the  glad  converted  World 
to  God  their  Homage  pay  ; 

And  fcatter'd  Nations  of  the  Earth 
one  fov  "reign  Lord  obey,    . 

28.  'Tis  his  fupreme  Prerogative 
o'er  fubjeifi  Kings  to  reign  : 

^Tis  juft  that  he  fhould  rule  the  World, 
who  does  the  World  fuilain. 

29.  The  Rich,  who  are  with  Plenty  fed 
his  Bounty  muft   confefs  : 

The  Sons  of  Want,  by  Him  reliev'd 

their  gen'rous  Patron  blefs. 
With  humble  Worlhip  to  his  Throne 

they  all  for  Aid  refort  : 
That  PmvV  which  firH:  their    Beings  gave, 

can  only  them  fupport. 

30,31.  Then  fhall  a  chofen  fpotlefs  Race, 

devoted  to  his  Name. 
To  their   admiring  Heirs,  his  Truth 

and  glorious  Acls  proclaim, 

PSALM   xxiir. 

1    ^~|~^HE  Lord  himfelf,  the  mighty  Lord 

J[        vouchfafes  to  be  my  Guide  ; 
The  Shepherd,  by  whofe  conilant  Care 
my  Wants  are  all  fupply'd. 

2.  In  tender  Grafs  He  makes  me  h^a, 

and  gently  there repofe  ; 
Then  leads  me  to  cool  Shades,  and  where 
refrefiiing  Water  flow. 

3.  He  does  my  wandring  Soul  reclaim, 
and,  to  his  endlefs  Praife, 

Inllruft  with  humble  Zeal  to  walk 
In  his  molt  righteous  Ways. 


P  S  A  L  M   }Cxln,  xxiv.  39 

4.  r  pafothe  gloomy  Vale  of  Death, 
from  Fear  and  Danger  free  ; 

For  there  his  aiding  Rod  and  Staff 
defend  and  comfort  me. 

5.  In  Prefencc  of  my  fpiteful  Foes, 

he  docs  my  Table  fpread  ; 
He  crowns  my  Cup, with  chearful  Wine, 
with  Oil  anoints  my  Head. 

6.  Since  God  doth  thus  his  wond'rous  Love 
thro  a  oh  all  my  Life  extend. 

That   Life   to  Him  I  will  devote, 

and  in  his    Temple   fpsnd. 

PSALM    XXIV. 
I   -'"r^HIS  fpacious  Earth  is  all    the  Lord's  ; 

X      the  Lord's  her  Fulnefs  is. 
The  V/orld,  and  they  that  dwell  therein, 

b  ■  fov.'reirn  Right  are  his. 

2.  He  fram'd  and  fix'd  it  on  the  Seas  ; 
and  his  Almiehty  Hand, 

Upon  inconftant  Floods  has  made 
the  ftable  Fabrick  (land 

3.  But  for  Himfelf  this  Lord  of  all 
one  chofen  Seat  defign'd  : 

O  !  who  ihaU  to  that  facred  Hill 
defir'd  Admittance  find  ? 

4.  The  Man  whcfe  Hands  and  Heart  are  pure, 
whofe  Thoughts  from  Pride    are  ^r&e  i 

Who  honeil  Poverty  prefers, 
to  gainful  Perjury. 

5.  This,   this  is  he,  on  whom  the  Lord 
fhall  IhowV  his  Bleflings  down  ; 

Whom  God  his  Saviour  ihall    vouchfafe 
wiih  Rightcoufnefs  to  crown, 

6,  S«ck 


^o        PSALM    xxlv,  i[xv. 

6.  Such  is  the  Race  of  Saints,  by  whom 
the  facred  Courts  are  trod  ; 

And  luch   the  Profelytes,  that  feek 
the  Face  of  Jacob's  God. 

7.  Ereftyour  Heads,  eternal  Gates ; 

unfold,   to  entertain 
The  King  of  Glory  :  See !  He   comes 
with   his  celeftial  Train. 

8.  Who  is  this  King  of  Glory  ?  Who  > 

The  Lord  for  Strength  renown'd; 
In  Battle  mighty  ;  o'er  his  Foes, 
eternal  Vidor  crown'd. 

g.  Ere6l  your  Heads,  ye  Gates  ;  unfold. 

In  State  to  entertain 
The  King    of  Glory  :  See  !  He  comes 

witli  all  His   fhining  Train. 
10'.  Who  is  this  King  of  Glory  ?  who  ? 

The  Lord  of  Hofts,  renown'd  ; 
Of  Glory  He  alone  is  King, 

who  is  witli  Glory   crown'd. 

PSALM    XXV. 

1,  '  |"^0  God,  in   whom  I  trufl, 

2.  JL     ^  ^ift  "^y  Heart  and  Voice   . 
O  let  me  not  be  put  to  fhame, 

nor  let  my  Foes  rejoice. 

3.  Thofe,  who  on  Thee  rely, 

let  no  Difgrsce  attend  : 
Be  that  the  Ihameful  Lot  of  fuch 
as  wilfully  offend. 

4,  5.  To  me  thy  Truth  impart, 
'and  lead  me  in    thy  Way  : 

Por  Thou  art  He  that  brings  me  Help-; 
en  Thee  I  Wiiit  all  Day. 


•6.  Thy 


PS  ALM  XXV.  41 

6  Thy  Mercies,  and  thy  Love, 
O  Lord,  recall  to  Mind  ; 
And  gracioufly  continue  ftill 
as  Thou  wert  ever,  kind. 

7.  Let  all  my  youthful  Crimes 
be  blotted  out  by  Thee  ; 

And  for  thy  vvond'rous  Goodnefs'  fake, 
in  Mercy   think  on  me. 

8.  His  Mercy,  and  his   Truth, 
the  righteous  Lord  difplays. 

In  bringing  wand'ring  Sinners  home, 
and  teaching  them  his  Ways. 

9.  He  thofe  in  Juftice  guides, 
who  his  Direftion  feek  ; 

And  in  his  facred  Paths  fhall  lead 
the  Humble  and  the  Meek. 

10.  Through   all  the  Ways  of  God 
both  Truth  and  Mercy   Ihine, 

To  fuch  as  with  religious  Hearts 
to  his  blefl  Will  incline, 
PART    II. 

1 1 .  Since  Mercy  is  the  Grace 
that  moft  exalts  thy    Fame  ; 

Forgive  my  heinous  Sin,  O  Lord, 
and  (o  advance  thy  Name. 

12.  Whoe'er  with   humble  Fear 
to  God  his  Duty  pays. 

Shall  find  the  Lord  a  faithful  Guide, 
in  all  his  righteous  Ways. 

13.  His  quiet  Soul  with  Peace 
fhall  be  forever  bleft, 

And  by  his  numerous  Race  the  Land, 
fucceffively  poUcfs'd. 

14.  For 


42  PS  A  L  M    XXV. 

14.  For  God  to  all  his  Saints 
his  fecret  Will  imparts, 

And  does  his  gracious   Covenant  write 
in  their  obedient  Hearty;,  . 

15.  To  Him  I  lift  my  Eyes, 
and  wait  his  timely  Aid, 

Who  breaks  the  ftrong  and  treach 'reus  Snare, 
which  for  my  Feet  was  laid. 

16.  O  !  turn  and  all  my  Griefs, 
inMercy,  Lor-d,  redreis  ; 

••■'or  I  am  compafs'd  round  with  Woes, 
and  plung'din  deep  Dillrefs. 

17.  The  Sorrows  of  my  Heart 
to  mighty  Sums    increafe  ; 

O  1  from  this  dark  and  difmal  State 

my  troubled  Soulreleafe  ! 

i  8.  Do  Thou,  with  tender  Eyes, 

my  fad  Aiiiftion  fee  ; 
Acquit  me,  Lord,  and  from  my   Guilt 

intirely  fet  me  -  free. 

19.  Confider,  Lord,  my  Foe?, 
how  vail  their  Numbers  grow  ! 

What  lawlefs  Force  and  Rage  they,  ufe, 
\Thcit  boundlefs  Hate  they  fhow  I 

20.  Protecl,  and    fet  my  Soul, 
from  their  fierce   Malice  free  ; 

Nor  let  me  be  alham'd,  who  place 
my  fted£ift  Truu  in  Thee, 

2 1 .  Let  all  my  ngh  teous  A<^s 
to  full  Pcrfedlion  rife  ; 

Beraufe  my  firQi  and  conftant  Hope 
on  Thee  alone  relies.  •    -  '^    . 

22.  To 


PSALM  XXV,  xvi.  43 

22.  To  IfraePs  chofen  Race 

continue  ever  kind  ;  ^ 

And  in  the  nudil  of  all  their  Wants, 
let  them  thy  Succour  find. 

PSALM  xxvr. 

I    TUDGErae,    O  Lord  ;  for  I  the  Paths 

J      of  Righteoufnefs  have  trod  : 
I  cannot  fail,    who  all  my  Truft 

repofe  on  Thee,  my  God. 
2,  3.  Search,  prove  my  Heart,  whole   Innocence 

will  fhine,    the  more  'tis  try'd  ; 
For  I  have  kept  thy  Grace  in  View, 

and  made  thy  Truth  my  Guide. 

4.  r  never  for  Companions  took 
th€  Idle  or  Prophane  ; 

No  Hypocrite,    with  all  his  Arts, 
could  e'er  my  Friendlhip  gain. 

5.  I  hate  the  bufy,  plotting  Crew, 
who  make  dilbat^ed  Times  \ 

And  fhun  their   wicked  Company, 
as   I  avoid  their  Crimes. 

6.  I'll  wafh  my  Hands  in  Innocence, 
cind   bring  a  Heart  fo  pure, 

Thar,  when  thy  Altar  I  approach, 
'  my  Welcome  fhall  beiure. 

7.  §.  My  Thanks  I'llpubliih  there,  and  tell 

how  thy  Renown  excels  : 
That  Seat  affords  me  moil  Delight, 
in  v/hich   thy  Honour  dwells. 

9.  Pafs  not  on  me  the  Sinners  Doom, 

Who  Murder  make   their  Trade  ; 

10.  Who  other's  Rights,  by  fecret  Bribe?, 
or  open  Force,  invade. 

II.  Biii 


44  PSALM  xxvi,  xxvii. 

11.  But  I  will  walk  in  Paths  of  Truth, 
and  Innocence  purfue  : 

Proted  me  therefore,  and  to  me 
thy  Mercies,  Lord,  renew. 

12.  Infpite  of  all  afTaulting  Foes, 
I  ftill  maintain  my  Ground ; 

And  fhall  furvive  amongft  thy  Saints, 

thy  Praifes  to  refound. 

PSALM  XXVII. 
I   -^TZHOM  fhouldlfear,  finceGodtome 

Y  V         is  faving  Health  and  Light  ? 
Since  ftrongly  He  my  Life  fupports, 

what  canmv  Soul  affright  ? 
2.  With  fierce  Intent  my  Flefli  to  tear, 

when  Foes  befet  me  round. 
They  flumbled,   and  their  lofty  Crells 

were  made  to  llrike  the  Ground. 

J.  Thro^  Him,  my  Heart  undaunted  dares 

with  numerous  Hofts  to  cope  ; 
Thro*  Him  in  doubtful  Streights  of  War 

for  good  Succefs  I  hope. 

4.  Henceforth  within  his  Houfe  to  dwell 
I  earneftly  defire  ; 

His  wondrou?  Beauty  there  to  view, 
and  his  bleft  Will  inquire. 

5.  For  there  may  I  with  Comfort  it^t 
in  Times  of  deep  DiHrefs ; 

And  f  afe  as  on  a  Rock  abide 
in  that  fecure  Recefs  : 

6.  Whilil  God  o'er  all  my  haughty  Foes 
my  lofty  Head  fhall  raife  ; 

And  Imyjoyful  Off'ring  bring, 
and  fmg  glad  Songs  of  fraile. 

V  A  R 


PSALM   xxvii.  45 

PART     II. 

7.  Continue,  Lord,  to  hear  my  Voice, 
whene'er  to  Thee  I  cry  ; 

In  Mercy  all  my  Prayers  receive, 
nor  my  Requeft  deny. 

8.  When  us  to  feek  thy  glorious  Face 

Thou  kindly  doll  advife  ; 
**  Thy  glorious  Face  I'll  always  feek,** 
my  grateful  Heart  replies. 

9.  Then  hide  not  Thou  thy  Face,  O  Lord, 

nor  me  in  Wrath   rejedt  : 
My  God  and  Saviour,  leave  not  him 
Thou  didil  fo  oft  prote^:. 

10.  Tho*  all  my  Friends  and  aearcllKin, 
their  helplels  Charge  forfike  ; 

Yet  Thou,  whofe  Love  excels  them  all, 
with  Care  and  Fity  take. 

1 1 .  Inftruft  me  in  thy  Path?,  O  Lord  ; 
my  Waysdirediy  guide  ; 

Left  envious  Men  who  watch  my  Steps, 
fliould  fee  me  tread  afide. 

12.  Lord,  difappoint  my  cruel  Foes ; 
defeat  their   ill  defire, 

Whofe  lying  Lips,  and  bloody  Hands, 
againil  my  Peace   confpire. 

13.  I  tru fled  that  my  future  Life 
ihoiild  *viih  thy  Love  be  crown'd. 

Or  elfe  my  fanting  Soul  had  funk, 
with  Sorrow  compafs'd   round. 

14.  God's  Time  with  patient  Faith  expeft, 
and  .  e'ilinfpire  thy  Breaft 

With  inward  Strength  ;  Do  thoa  thy  Part, 
and  kuve  to  Him  the  reft. 

P  ^  AL  M 


46  PSALM  xxvlii. 

P  s  J  L  M  XXVIII. 

1.  /^  LORD,  my  Rock,  to  Thee  I  cry, 
V_x       in  Sighs  confume  my  Breath, ' 

O  \  anfwer  ;  or  I  fhall  become 
like  thole  that  fleep  in  Death. 

2.  Regard  my  Supplication,    Lord, 
the  Cries  that  I  repeat. 

With  weeping  Eyes,  and  lifted  Hand?, 
before  thy  Mercy-ieat. 

3 .  Let  me  efcape  the  Sinners  Doom, 
who  make  a  trade  of  111  ;    , 

And  ever fpeak  the  Perfon  fair, 

whofe  Blood  they  mer.n  lo  fpill. 

4.  According  to  their  CrimesExtent 
let  Juftice  have  its  Courfe  : 

Relentlefs  be  to  them,  as  they 
have  finn'd  without  Remorfe. 

5.  Since  they  the  Works  of  Goddefplfcj 
nor  will  his    Grace  adore  ; 

His  Wn-th  ihall  utterly   deftroy, 
and  build  them  up  no  more. 

6.  But  I,  with  due  Acknowledgment* 
his  Praifes  will  refound, 

From  whom  the  Cries  of  my  Diftrefs 
a  gracious  Anfwer  found. 

7.  My  Heart  its  Confidence  repos'd 
in  God  my  Strength  and  Shield  ? 

In  Him  I  truiled  and  return'd 

triumphant  from  the   Field  : 
As  He  has  made  my  Joys  complete, 

'tis  juft  that  I  fhould  raife 
The  chearful  Tribute  of  my  Thanks^ 
and  thus  refound  his  Praife  : 


8  ^'  His 


PSALM  XXV  iri,  xxix.        47 

8.  "  His  aiding  Pow'r  fupports  the  Troops 
"   that  myjuft  Caufe  maintairt'  : 

**  'Twas  He  advanc*d  me  to  the  Throne, 
"  'tis'He  fecures  my  Reign." 

9.  Preferve  thy  Chofen,  and  proceed 
thine  Heritage  to  blefs  : 

With  plenty  proiper  them,  in  Peace  ; 
in  Battle,   with   Siiccefs. 

PSALM  XXIX. 

1.  "\7'E  Princes  that  In  Might  excell, 

X     Vour  grateful  Sacrifice  prepare  ; 
God's  glorious  Actions  loudly  tell, 
His  wond'rous  Power  to  all  declare. 

2.  To  his  great  Name  fieih  Altars  raife  ; 
Devoutly    di;e  Refpefl  afford  ; 

Him   in  his  holy  Temple  praife, 
Where  He's  with  folemn  -State  ador'd. 

3.  *Tis  He   that  with  amazing  Noife 
The  watry  Clouds  in  funder  breaks  : 
The  Ocean  trembles  at  his  Voice, 
When  He  from  Heav'nin  Thunder  fpeaks. 

4.  5.  How  full  of  Pow'r  his  Voice  appears  ! 
With  what  majeitick  Terror  crown'd  I 
Which  from  the  Roots  tall  Cedars  tears. 

And  ilrews  theii'  fcatter'd  Branches  round. 

6.  They,   and  the  Hills  oil   which  they  grow, 
Are  fometimes  hurried   far  away  ; 

And  leap  like  Hinds  that  bounding  go, 
Or  Unicorns  in  youthful  Play. 

7,  8.  When    God   in   Thunder  loudly  fpeaks, 
And  fcatter'd  Flames  of  Lightning  fends. 

The  Forefl  nods,  the  Defart  quakes, 
And  flubborn  Kadejh  lowly  bends. 

9.   He 


48  PSALM  xxix,  xxx. 

9.  He  makes  the  Hinds  to  caft  their  Young, 
And  lays  the  Beaft-  dark  Coverts  bare  ; 
While  thofe   that  to  his  Courts  belong. 
Securely  fing  his.  Pjaifes  there. 

10,  II.  God  rules  the  angry  Floods  on  high  : 
His  boundlefs  Sway  (hall  never ceafe  ; 

His  People  He*ll  with  Strength  Aipply, 
And  blefs  his  own  with  conftant  Peace. 

P  S  J  L  M    XXX. 

1   T'LL  celebrate  thy  Praifes,  Lord, 

X       who  did 'ft  thy  Pov'r  employ, 

To  raife  my  drooping  Head,  and  check 

my  Foes  infulting  Joy. 
2,  3.  In  my  Dil^refs  I  cry'd  to  Thee, 

who  kindly  didft   relieve. 
And  from  the  Graved  expefting  Jaws 

my  hopelefs  Life  retrieve. 

4.  Thus  to  his  Courts,  ye  Saints  of  his, 
with  Songs  of  Praife  repair  ; 

With   me  commemorate  his  Truth, 
and  providential  Care. 

5.  His  Wrath  has  but  a  Moment's  Reign  j 
his  Favour  no  Decay  : 

Your  Night  of  Grief  is   reconipens'd 
with  Joy*s  returning  Day. 

6.  But  I,  in  profp'rous  Days,  prefumM 
no  fudden  Change  I  fear'd  : 

Whilft  in  my  Sun-fhine  of  Succefs 
no  lowering  Cloud  appear'd. 

7.  fiut  foon   1  found  thy  Favour,  Lord, 
my  Empire's  only  Truft  ; 

For  when  Thou  hidd'ft  thy  Face,  I  faw 
rmy  Honour  laid  in  Duft. 

8.  Thei 


PSALM  XXX,  «xxi.         49 

8.  Then  as  I  vainly  had  prefum'd, 
my  Error  I  confefs'd  ; 

And  thus  with  fupplicating  Vmce, 
thy  Mercy's  Throne  addrefb'd  : 

9.  *<  What  Profit  is  there  in  my  Blood,, 
"  congeal'd  by  Death's  cold  Night  ? 

"  Can  filent  Afhes  fpeak  thy  Praife, 
**  thy  vvond'rous  Truth  recite  ? 

10.  "  Hear  me,  O  Lord  !  in  Mercy  hear  j 
*'  thy  wonted  Aid  extend  : 

"  Do  Thou  fend  Help,  on  whom  alone 
*'  I  can  for  Help    depend." 

11.  'Tis  done  !  Thou  haft  my  mournful  Scene 
to  Songs  and  Dances  turn'd  ; 

Invefted  me  in  Robes  of  State, 

who  late  in  Sack-cloth  mQLirn'd. 

12.  Exalted  thus,  I'll  gladly  fing 
thy  Praife  in  grate 'ul  Verfe  ; 

And,  as  thy  Favours  endlefs  are, 

thy  endlefs  Praife  rehearfe. 

PSALM    XXXI. 
I    T^EFEND  me,  Uord,  from  Shame; 

\J     for  ftill  I  truft  in  Thee  : 
As  Juft  and  Righteous  is  thy  Name^ 

from  Danger  fet  me  free. 
2.  Bow  down  thy  gracious  Ear, 

and  fpeedy  Succour  fend  .* 
Do  Thou  my  fiedfaft  Rock  appear, 

to  Ihelter  and  defend. 

3^.  Since  Thou,  xAicn  Foes  opprcfs, 

my  Rock  and  Fcrtrefs  art. 
To  guide  me  forth  from  this  Diftrefs, 

thy  wonted  Help  impart. 

C  4.  Relcafe 


50  PSALM  xxxi. 

4.  Releafe  me  from  the  Snare 
which  they  have  clofely  laid  ; 

Since  I,  O  God  my  Strength,  repair 
to  Thee  alone  for  Aid. 

5.  To  Thee,  the  God  of  Truth, 
my  Life,  and  all  that's   mine, 

fFor  Thou  preferv'ftme  from  my  Youth,) 
I  willingly  relign. 

6.  All  vain  Defigns  I  hate, 
of  thofe  that  truft  in  Lies : 

And  Hill  my  Soul,  in  evVy  State, 
to  God  for  Succour  flies. 
P  A  R  T  \L 
,   7.  Thofe  Mercies   Thou  haft  ftiown, 
I'll  chearfully  exprefs  ; 
3For  Thou  haft  feen  my  Straights,  and  known 
my  Soul  in  deep  Diftrefs. 
*  8.  When  Z^/7(2/^'s  treach'rous  Racjc 
did  all  my  Strength  inclofe, 
Thougav'ft  my  Feet  a  larger  Space, 
to  ihun  my  watchful  Foes. 

9.  Thy  Mercy,  Lord  difplay, 
and  hear  my  juft  Complaint  ; 

For  both  my  Soul  and  Fleih  decays 
Vv'ith  Grief  and  Hunger  faint. 

10.  Sad  Thoughts  my  Life  opprefs  ; 
my  Yearsare  fpentin    Groans  ; 

My  Sins  have  made  my  Strength  decreafe^ 
a:nd  ev'n  confum'd  my  Eones. 

11.  My  Foes  mySuff'rings  m.ock'd  ; 
my  Neighbour?  did  upbraid  ;    . 

Viy  Friends,  at  Sight  of  me,  were  ftiock'd, 
and  fled,  as  .Men  difmay'd, 

12.  Forfook 


PSALM    xxxi.  51 

12.  Forfookbyall  ami, 

as  dead,   and  out  of  Mind  ; 
And  like  a  fliatter'd  Veflel  lie, 

whofe  Parts  can  ne^er  be  join'd. 

13.  YetflandTOus  Words   they   fpeak, 
and  Teem  my  Pow'r  to  dread   : 

Whilrt  they  together  Counfel  take, 
my  guiitlefs  Blood  to  fhed. 

14.  Butftillmy  ftedfaftTrjf^, 
I  on  thy  Help  repofe  : 

That  Thou,  my  God,  art  good  and  juft^ 

my  Soul  with  Comfort  knows, 
P  A  R  T^    III. 
15.  Whate*cr  Events  betide, 

thy  Wifdom  times  them  all  : 
Then,   Lord,  thy  Servant  fafely  hide 

from    thofe  that  feek  his  Fall. 

16.  The  Brightnefs  of  thy  Face, 

to  me,  O  Lord,  difclofe  ; 
And,  as  thy  Mercies  ftiil  increafcy 

preferve  me  from  my  Foes. 

17.  Me  from  Difhonour  fave, 

who  Hill  have  call'd  on  Thee  ; 
Let  That,  and  Silence  in  the  Grave, 

the  Sinner's  Foi  t'o.i  be. 
iS.  Do  Thou  their  Tongues  reftrain  j 

whofe  Breath  in  Lies  is  fpent  ; 
Who  falfe  Reports,  with  proud  Difdain, 

againft  the  Righ'teous  vent. 

•'ip.  How  great  thy  Mercies  are 

to  fuch   as  fear  thy  Name  ; 
Which  Thou,   for  thofe  that  trufl  thy  Care, 

doll  to  the  World  proclaim  ! 

C  X  20.  Thot 


52         PSALM  xxxi,  xxxii. 

20.  Thou  keep'H  them  in  thy  Sight, 

from  proud  Oppreffors  free  : 
From  Tongues  that  do  in  Strife  delight, 

they  are  preferv'd  by  Thee. 

2iviWidi  Glory  and  Renown 

God's  Name  be  ever  blefs'd  ; 
Whofe  Love  in  Keilah's  vvell-fenc'd  Town 

was  wond'*oufly  €xprefs'd  ! 
22.  I  faid,  in  hafty  Flight, 
•«  I'm   banifh'd  from  thine  Eyes  : 
Yet  Hill  Thoukeptft  me  in  thy  Sight 

ana  heardll  my  earneft  Cries. 

23.  O  !  all  ye  Saints,   the  Lord 

with  eager  Love  purfuc  ; 
V/ho  to  the  Juft  will  Help   afford, 

and  give  the  Proud  their  Due. 
24.  Ye  that  on  God  rely, 

couragioufly  proceed  ; 
For  He  will  yet  your  Hearts  fupply 

with  Stren.i^th,  in  Time  of  Need. 
PSALM    XXXFL 
1   T  TE's  blell,  whofe  Sins  have  Pardon  gain'd, 

XT.  No  more  in  Judgment  to  appear  ; 
2.  Whofe  Guilt   RemifTion  has  obtain 'd, 
And  whofe  Repentance  is  fincere. 
5.  While  I  conceal'd  the  fretting  Sore, 
My  Bones  confum'd  without  Relief ; 
Al!  Day  did  I  v/ith  Anguiih  roar ; 
But  no  Complaints  affwag'd  my  Grief ; 

4.  Heavy  on  me  thy  Hand  remain'd. 

By  Bay  and  Night  alike   diftrefs'd  ; 

Till  quite  of  vital  Mriilure  drain'd 

Like  Land  with  Su4a;imer's  Drought  opprefsM. 

5.  No 


P  S  x\  L  M    xxxii,  xxxiii.         5^ 

5.  No  fooner  I  my  Wound  difclos'd. 
The  Guilt  that  tortui'd  me    within, 
But  thy  Forgivenefs  interpcsM, 

And  Mercy's  healing  Balm  pour'd  ia. 

6.  True  Penitents  fhall  thus  fucceed. 
Who  feek  thee  while  Thou  mayft  be  found 
And,    from  the  common  Deluge  freed. 
Shall  fee  remorfelefs  Sinners  drown'd. 

7.  Thy  Favour,  Lord,  in  all  Diilrefs, 
My  Tow'r   of  Refuge  I  mull  own  : 
Thou  Ihalt  my  haughty  Foes  fupprefs 
And  me  with  Songs  of  Triumph  crown. 

8.  In  mylnilruftion  then  confide. 

You  that  would  Truth's  fafe  Path  deiciy  l 
Your  Progrefs  I'll  fecurely  guide. 
And  keep  you  in  my  watchful  Iv/e. 

9.  Submit  yourfelves  to  Wifdom's  Rule, 
Like  Men  that  Reafon  have   aitain'd  ; 
Not  like  th'  ungoveru'd  Horie  and  Mule, 
Whofe  Fury  mult  be  curb'd  and  rein'd, 

10.  Sorrows,  on  Sorrows  multiply 'd, 
Theharden'd  Sinner  fliall  confound  : 
Butthem  who  in  his  Truth  confide, 
Bleffings  of  Mercy  (hall   furround. 

1 1.  His  Saints,  that  have perform'd  his  Laws 
Their  Life  in  Triumphs  (hall   employ  : 

Let  them  (as  they  alone  have  Caufe  ) 
In  grateful  Raptures  (hout   for  Tov.' 
PSALM    XXXIII. 
I .    T    ETall  the  Juil  to  God  with  Joy 

I  J     their  chearful    Voices  raife; 
For  well  the  Righteous  it  becomes 
to  ling  glad  Songs  of  Praife. 

C  3  2,  3.  Let 


54  PSALM    xxxiii. 

2,,  3.  Let  Harps,  and  Pfalteries,  and  Lutes, 

in  joyful  Concert  meet  ; 
And  new-made  Songs  of  loud  Applaufe 

the  Harmony  complete. 
4,5.  For  faithful  is  the  Word  of  God  : 

His  Works  wirh  Truth  abound  : 
IJeJuflice loves  ;  and   all  the  Earth 

is  with  His  Goodnefs  crown'd. 

6.  By  his  Almighty  Word,  at  iirfl, 
Heav'n's  glorious  Arch  was  rear'd  ; 

And  all  the  beauteous  Hods  of  Light, 
at  his  Command  appear'd. 

7.  The  fwelling. Floods  together  rolled. 
He  makes  in  Heaps  to  lie  ; 

And  lays,  as  in  a  Store-houfe  fafe., 
•the watry   Tr^afures  by. 

8.  9.  Let  Earth,  and  all  that  dwell  therein, 

before  Him  trem  bling  ftand  : 
For,  when  he  fpake  the  Word,  'twas  made  : 
'twas  Hx'd  at  his   Command, 

10.  He,  when  the  Heathen  clofely  plot, 
their  Counfels  undermines  : 

His  Wifdom  ineffedlual  makes 
the  Peoples  ralh  Deiigns. 

1 1.  Whatever  the  mighty  Lord  decrees^ 
ihall  Hand  for  ever  fiire  ; 

The  fettled  Purpofe  of  His  Heart 
to  Ages  fhall  endure. 

PART   II. 

12.  How  happy  then  are  they,  to  whom 

the  Lord  for  God  is  known  ! 
"Whom  He,  from  all  the   World  befides, 

has  chofen  for  his  own. 

13,  14,   15.  He 


PSALM    xxxiii,  xxxiv.       ^^ 

J 3,  14,  15.  He  all  the  Nations  of  the  Earth 
from  Heav'o,  his  Throne,  furvey'd  : 

He  h\w  theirWorks,anci  view'd  theirThoughts  } 
by  him  their  Hearts  were  made. 

16,   17.  No  King  isfafeby  num'rous  Hofts ; 

their  Streno;th  the   Strong   deceives  ; 
No  manag'd  Horfe,  by  Force  or  Speed, 

his   Warlike  Rider  faves. 
18,  19.  'Tis  God,  who  thofe  that  trufl  in  Him 

beholds  with  gracious  Eyes  : 
He  frees  their  Souls  from  Death  ;  their  Want, 

in  Time   of  Dearth,  fupplies. 

20,  21.  Our  Soul  on  God  withPati»nce  waits  ; 

our  Help  and  Shield  is  He  ! 
Then,  Lord,  let  ftill  our  Hearts  rejolca 

becaufe  we  truft  in  Thee. 
22.  The  Riches  of  thy  Mercy  Lord, 

do  thou  to  us  extend  ; 
Since  we,  for  all  we  want  or  wiih. 

on  Thee  alone  depend.  -•  ^ 

P  S  J  L  M    XXXIV. 
1   ^TT^HRO'  ail  the  changing  Scenes  of  Life, 

J^  in  Trouble  and  in  Joy, 

The   Praifes  of  my  God  fholl  llill 

my  Heart  and  Tongue  employ, 
.2,.  Of  his  Deliv'rancel  will  boail, 

till  all  that  are  diflrell. 
From  my  Example  Comfort  take, 

and  charm  their  Griefs  to  Reft. 

3.  O  !  magnify  the  Lord  with  me, 
with  me  exalt  His  Name  : 

4.  When   in  Diilrefs  to  Him  I  call'd, 

He  to  my  R:fcuexame. 

C  4  5.  Their 


S6  PSALM    xxxiv. 

5 .  Their  drooping  Hearts  were  foon  refreih'd, 
who  look'd  to  Him  for  Aid  : 

Defir'd  Succefs  in  ev*ry  Face 
a  chearful  Air  di/play'd  : 

6.  "  Behold  (fay  they)   behold  the  man, 
^*  whom  Providence  reliev'd  ; 

*"*  So  dang'roully  with  Woes  befet, 
*'  fo  wond'rouily  retriev'd  !" 

7.  The  Hoib  of  God  encamp  around 

the  Dwellings  ofthejultj 
Deliv'rance  he  aifords  to  all 
who  on  his   Succour  truft. 

8.  O  !  make  but  Trial   of  his  Love, 
Experience  will  decide 

How  bleft  they  are,  and  only  they, 
who  in, His  Truth   confide. 

9.  Fear  him,  ye  Saints  ;  and  you  will  then 
have  nothing  elfe  to  fear ; 

M:)ke  you  His   Service  your  Delight; 
He'll  make  your  Wants  his  Care. 

10.  While  hungry  Lions  lack  their  Prey, 
the  Lord   will   Food  provide 

For  fuch  as  put  their  Truft  in  Him, 
and  fee  their  Needs  fupply'd. 
P  A  R  T    \L 

11.  Approach,  ye  pioufly  difpos'd, 
and   my  Inltruftion  here  ; 

I'll  teach  you^the  true  Difcipline 
of  His  religious  Fear. 

12.  Let  him,  who  Length  of  Life  deiires, 
and  profp'rous  Days  would  fee, 

113.  From .flandr'ing  Language  keep  his  Tongue, 
his  Lips  from  fiUihood  free  ; 

14.  The 


PSALM   xxxiv,  XXXV.         57 

14.  The  crooked  Paths  of  Vice  decline, 
and  Virtue's  Way  purfue  ; 

Eftabliih   Peace  where  'tis  begun  ; 
and  where  'tis  loll,  renew. 

15.  The  Lord  from  Hcav'n  beholds  tliejufl 
with  favourable  Eyes  ; 

And,  when  diftrefs'd.  His  gracioss  Ear 
is  open   to  their  Cries  : 

16.  But  turns  His  wrathful  Look  om  thofe, 
whoni  Mercy  can't  rec4aim. 

To  cut  them  off,  and  from  the  Earth 
blot  out  their  hated  Name. 

17.  Deliv'rance  to  His  Saints  He  gives, 
when  His   Relief  they  crave  : 

18.  Hfc's  nigh  to  heal  the  broken  Heart, 
and  contrite  Spirit  fave. 

19.  The  Wicked  oft,  but  flill  in  vain, 
againll  the  Juft  confpire  ; 

20.  For,  under  their  Affliftion's  Weight, 
He  keeps  their  Bones  intire. 

21.  The  Wicked,   from  their  wicked  Arts, 
their  ^uin  fhall  derive  ; 

Whilll:  righteous  Men,   whom  they  detell, 
Ihair  them  and  theirs  furvive. 

22.  For  God  preferves  the  Souls  of  thofe 
who  on  His  Truth  depend  ; 

To  them,  and  their  Pofterity, 
His  Bleffings  fhall  defcend. 

P  S  A  L  M    XXXV. 
I      A   GAINST  all  thofe  that  ftrive  with  me, 

S\,       O  Lord,  affert  my  Right  :  ; 

With  fuch  as  War  unjuftly  wage,  \ 

.do  Thou  my  Battles  fight.  I 

C  5  2.  TJiyi 


5^  PS  A  L  M 


XXXV 


2.  Thy  Buckler  take,  and  bind  thy  Shield 
upon  thy  warlike  Arm  : 

Stand  up,  my  God,  in  my  Defence  ; 
and  keep  ne  fafe  from  Harm. 

3.  Bring  forth-thy  Spear  ;  and  flop  theirCourTe, 

that  haile  my   Blood  to  fpill  : 

Say  to  my  Soul,  "  I  am    thy  Health, 

"and  willpreferve  thee  ftill." 

4.  Let  them  wi^h  Shame  be  cover'd  o'er, 
Vv'ho  my  Deftrudion  fought  : 

And  fuch    as  did  my  Harm  devife, 
be  to  Confufion   brought. 

/ 

5.  Then  fhall  they  fly,  difpers'd  like  Chaff 
before   the  driving  Wind  ; 

Cod's  venge/ul  Miniiler  of  Wrath 
fhall  follow  clofe  behind. 

6.  And,  when  thro'  dark  and  fiipp'ry  Ways 
they  ftrive  his  Rage  to   iliun, 

-His  vengeful  Minifters  of  Wrath 
fhall  goad  them,  as   they  run. 

7.  Since,  unprovdk'd  by  any  Wrong, 

they  hid  their  treach'rous  Snare  ; 
And  for  my  harmlefs  Soul  a  Pit, 
did    without   Caufe  prepare  ; 

8.  Surpriz'd  by  Mifchiefs  unforefeen, 
by  their  own  Arts  betray'd. 

Their  Feet  fhall  fall  into  the  Net, 
which  they  for    me  have  laid  ; 

■9.  Vv'hihl  my  glad  Soul  ihall  God's  great  Nanae, 

for  this  Dcliv'rance  blefs  ; 
.A.nd,  by  His  Taving   Health   fecur'd, 

its  grateful  Joy  expreli. 

j«:  My 


PSALM  XXXV.  59 

!0.  My  very  Bones  fliall  fay,  "  O  Lord, 

who  can  compare  with  Thee? 
*«  Who  fett'fl:  the  poor  and  helplefa  Man- 

"  from  ftrongOppreflbrs  free. 
part:    II. 

1 1 .  Falfe   Witnefles,  with  forg'd   Complaints, 
againft   my  Truth  combined  ; 

And  to  my  Charge  fuch  Things  they  laid, 
as  I  had  ne'er  defign*d. 

12.  The  Good  which  I  to  them  had  done^ , 
with  Evil    they  repaid  ; 

And  did,   by  Malice  undeferv'd, 
my  harmlefs  Life  invade. 

13.  But  as  forme,  when  they  were  Tick, 
I  ftill  in  Sackcloth  mourn'd  ; 

I  pray'd  and  failed,    ard  my  Pray'r 
to  my  own  Breall:  return'd. 

14.  Had  they  my  Friends  or  Brethren  been, 
I  could  have  done  no  more  ; 

Nor  with  more  decent  Signs  of  Grief 
a  Mother's  Lofs  deplore. 

15.  How  diir'rent  did  their  Carriage  prove,, 
in  Times  of  my  Diftrefs  ! 

When  the)--,  in  Crouds  together  ir^er, 

did  favage  Joy  exprefs. 
The  Rabble  too,   iu  num'rous  Throngs,. 

by  their  Example,  cam.e  ; 
And  ceas'd  not,  with  reviling  Words, 

to  wound  my  fpotlefs  Fame. 

16.  ScofFers^  that  noble  Tables  haunt, 
and  earn   their  Bread  v^^ith  Lye:, 

.Did  gnafh  their  Teeth,  and  fl&nd'rous  Jeils         i 
maliciouny  devife.  j 

J  7.  But, 


'6o  PSALM   XXXV. 

17.  But,  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  look  on  ? 

On  my  Behalf  appear  ; 
And  fave  my  guiltlefs  Soul,  which  they, 

like  rav'nino^  Beafls,  would  tear. 

y  J  R  T  iir. 

r8.  So  T,  before  the  liil'ning  World, 

fhall  grateful  Thanks  exprefs  ; 
An<l  where  tire  great  iAfTembly  meets, 

thy  Name  with  Pi^ifes  blefs. 
JQ.  Lord,  rnif-^r  rot  my  caufelefs  Foe?, 

who  me  Li!\iuftly  hate, 
AVith  open  Joy,  or  fecret  Signs, 

to  mock  my  fad  Eftate. 

2c.  For  they,  with  Hearts  averfe  from  Peace, 

induOrioufly  devife, 
/igainfl:  the  Men  of  quiet  Minds, 

fo  forge  malicious  Lyes. 
2 1.  Nor  with  thefe  private  Arts  content, 

aloud  they  vent  their  Spite  ; 
And  fay,  **  At  laft  we  foundhim  out ; 

*'  he  did  it  in  our  Sight. 

'^z.  "But  Thou  ,  who  doll:  both  them  and  me 

with  righteous  Eyes  furvey, 
jAfiert  m.y  Innocence,  'O  Lord, 

and  keep  not  far  away. 
23-  Stir  up  Thyfelf ;  in  my  Behalf 

to  Judgment,  Lord,  awake  : 
'Thy  righteous  Servant's  Caufii,  O  God,  ' 
'  .     to  thy  Decifion  take. 

24.  Lord,  as  myHeart  has  upright  been, 

let  me  thy  Jui^:ice  find  ; 
•Nor  let  my  cruel  Foes  obtain 

the    Triuinph  they  defign'd, 

^5.  O  ! 


P  S  A  L  M  XXXV,  xxxvi.         6i 

2^.  O  !  let  them  not,  amongft  themfelves, 

in  boafling  Language,  fay, 
'*  At  length  our  Wilhes  are  complete  ; 

'*  at  1  aft  he's  made  our  Prey." 

26.  Let  fuch  as  in  my  H^rm  rejoic'd, 

.   for  Shame  their  Faces  hide  ; 
And  foul  Diilionour  wait  on  thofe, 

that  proudly  me  defy'd  : 
:-',  Whilft  they  with  chearful  Voices  fhout, 

who  my  juft  Caufe  befriend  ; 
And  blefs  the  Lord,  who  loves  to  make 

Succefs  his  Saints  attend. 

zS.  So  Ihall  my  Tongue  Thy  Judgments  f:ng, 

injpir'd  with  grateful  Joy  ; 
And  chearful  Hymns,  in  Praife  of  Thee, 
fliail  all  my  Days  employ. 

PSALM    XXXVL 
I    1\  yrY  crafty  Foe,  with  flatt'ring  Art, 

JVX  ^is  wicked  Purpofe  would  difguife  ; 
But  Reafon  whifpers  to  my  Heart, 
No  Fear  of  God's  before  his  Eyes. 

2.  He  fooths  himfelf,  retir'd  from  Sight  ; 
Secure  he  thinks  his  treach'rous  Game  ; 
Till  his  dark  Plots,  expos'd  to  Light, 
Their  falfe  Contriver  brand  with  Shame. 

3.  In  Deeds  Ite  is  my  Foe  confefsM, 
Whilft  with  his  Tongue  he  fpeaks  me  fair.; 
True  Wifdom's  banifti'd  from  his  Breaft, 
And  Vice  has  fole  Dominion  there. 

4.  His  wakeful  Malice  fpends  the  Night 
In  forging  his  accurs'd  Dcfigns  ; 

His  obftinate,  tingen'rous  Spite 
No  execrable  Means  declines, 

5.  Bat, 


6z      PSALM  xxxvi,  xxxvii. 

5.  But,  Lord,  Thy  Mercy,  my  fare  Hope, 
The  highefl  Orb  of  Heav'n  tranfcends  ; 
Thy  facred  Truth's  unmeafur'd  Scope 
Beyond  the  fpreading  Skies  extends. 
•6.  Thy  Juftice  like  the  Hills  re^iain-s  ; 
Unfathom'd  Depths  thy  Judgments  are.;- 
Thy  Providence  the  World  fuftains  ; 
The  whole  Creation  is  thy  Care. 

7.  Since  of  Thy  Goodnefs  All  partake. 
With  what  AiTurancc  ihould  the  Jull 
Thy  fhelt'ring  Wings  their  Refuge  make. 
And  Saints  to  thv  Proteftion  truft  ! 

8.  Such  Guefls  fhall  to  Thy  Courts  be  led. 
To  banquet  on  thy  Love's  Repaft  : 

And  drink,  as  from  a  Fountain's. Head, 
Of  Joys  that  fhali  forever  laft.  - 

9.  With  Thee  the  Springs  of  Life  remain  ; 
Thy  Prefence  is  eternal  Day  : 

10.  O  !  let  thy  Saints  thy  Favour  gain  ; 
To  upright  Hearts  thy  Truth  difplay. 

11.  Whilft  Pride's  infulting  Foot  would  fpurn. 
And  wicked  Hand  my  Life  furprife  ; 

:iz.   Their  Mif^hiefs  on  themfelves  return  ; 
Down,  down  they're  fall'n,  no  more  to  rife. 

P  S  J  L  M    XXXVTL 

1   'T^KO'  wicked  Men  grow  rich  cr  great, 
_i        Yet  let  not  their  fuccefsfu}  State 
Thy  A.nger,  or  thy  £1117,  raife  : 
2.   For  they,  cut  down,  like  tender  Grafs, 
Or  like  young  Flow'rs,  away  fhall  pafs, 
W^hofe  blocming  Beauty  foon  decays. 

3.  Depend 


PSALM  xxxvii.  6^ 

;,  Depend  on  God,  and  Him  obey  ; 
So  thou  within  the  Land  fhalt  liay, 

Secure  from  Danger,  and  from  Want  : 

4.  Make  his  Commands  thy  chief  Delight  ; 
.\s  1  He,  thy  Duty  to  requite, 

Shall  all  Thy  earneft  Wilhes  grant. 

5.  In  all  thy  Ways  truft  thou  the  Lord, 
And  He  will  needful  Help  afford. 

To  perfeft  ev'ry  juft  Defign  ; 

6.  He'll  make,  like  Light,  icrene  and  clear. 
Thy  clouded  Innocence  appear, 

And  as  a  mid-day  Sun  to  fhinc. 

7.  With  quiet  Mind  on  God  depend. 
And  patiently  for  Him  attend  ; 

Nor  let  thy  x4.nger  fondly  rifcy 
Tho'  wicked  Men  with  Wealth  abound, 
And  with  Succefs  the  Plots  are  crown'd,    ^ 

Which  they  malicioufly  devife. 

8.  From  Anger  ceafe,  and  Wrath  forfake  ; 
Let  no  ungovcrn*d  Paffion  make 

Thy  vvav'ring  Heart  efpoufe  their  Crime  : 

9.  For  God  (hall  finfal  Men  deflroy  ; 
Whilil  only  they  the  Land  enjoy, 

Who  truft  on  Him,  and  wait  His  Time. 

JO.  How  foon  ihall  wicked  Men  decay  ! 
Their  Place  fhall  vanilh  quite  away, 
Nor  by  the  flrifled  Search  be  found  ; 

1 1.  Whilft  humble  Souls  poffefs  the  Earth, 
R<rjoicin2  llill  with  godly  Mirth, 

With  Peace  and  Plenty  always  crown'd. 
F  J  R  T    IL 

12.  While  finful  Crouds,  with  falfe  Defign, 
Agaiaft  the  righteous  Few  combine.  And 


^^4  PSALM    xj^xvii. 

And  griafli  their  Teeth,  and  threatening  Hand ; 

13.  God  fhall  their  empty  Plots  deride, 
And  laugh  at  their  defeated  Pride  : 

-He  fees  their  Ruin  near  at  hand. 

14.  They  draw  the  Sword,  and  bend  the  Bow, 
The  Poor  and  Needy  to  o'erthrow. 

And  Men  of  upright  Lives  to  fl'ay  : 

15.  Sut  their  ftrong^Bows  fliall  foon  be  broke, 
Their  fharpen'd  Weapon's  mortal  Stroke 

Thro'  their  own  Hearts  ihall  force  its  Way. 

16.  A  little,  with  God's  Favour  bleft. 
That's  by  one  righteous  Man  poflefs'd, 

The  Wealth  of  many  Bad  excells  : 

17.  For  God  fupports  the  jult  Man's  Caufe  ; 
But,  as  for  thofc  that  break  his  Laws, 

Their  unfuccefsful  Pow'r  He  quells. 

18.  His  conftant  Care  the  Upright  guides. 
And  over  all  their  Life  prefides  ; 

Their  Portion  ihall  for  ever  lall  : 

19.  They,  when  Diftrefs  o'er  whelms  the  Earth, 
Shall  be  unmov'd,  and  ev'n  in  Dearth 

The  happy  Fruits  of  Plenty  tafte. 

20.  Not  fo  the  wicked  Men,  and  thofe 
Who  proudly  dare  God's  Will  oppofe  : 

Dertrudlion  is  their  haplefs  Share  : 
Like  Fat  of  Lambs,  their  Hopes  and  they. 
Shall  in  an  Jnftant  melt  away, 
and  vaniih  into  Smoke  and  Air. 
PART    III. 
-ST.  While  Sinners,  brought  to  fad  Decay, 
Still  borrow  on  and  never  pay. 

The  Juft  have  Will  and  Pow'r  to  give  ; 

22.  i^or 


PSALM   xxxy'iu  6^ 

22.  For  fuch  as  God  vouchfafes  to  blefs, 
Shall  peaceably  the  Earth  pofTefs, 

And  thofe  he  curfes  fhall  not  live. 

23.  The  good  Man's  Way  is  God's  Delight, 
He  orders  all  the  Steps  aright. 

Of  him  that  moves  by  his  Command  r 
7.4.  Tho'  he  fometimes  may  be  diilreft. 
Yet  fhall  he  ne'er  be  qaite  oppreft. 

For  God  upholds  him  with  his  Hand. 

25.  From. my  firft  Youth,  'till  Age  prevail'd, 
I  never  faw  the  Righteous  fail'd, 

Or  Want  o'ertake  his  num'rous  Race. 
36.  Becaufe  Compaffion  fill'd  his  Heart, 
And  he  did  chea' fully  impart, 
God  made  his  Ofr-ipring's  Wealth  increafe. 

27.  With  Caution  fhun  each  wicked  Deed, 
In  Virtue's  Ways  with  Zeal  proceed, 

And  fo  prolong  your  happy  Days  : 

28.  For  God,  who  Judgment  loves,  doe?  ftill 
Preferve  hjs  Saints  fecure  from  III, 

While  foon  the  wicked  Race  decays. 

29.  30,  31.  The  Upright  fhall  pofTefs  the  Land, 
His  Portion  fhall  for  Ages  ftand  ; 

His  Mouth  with  Wiidom  fs  fupply'd. 
His  Tongue  by  Rules  of  Judgment  moves, 
Hie  Heart  the  Law  of  God  approves  ; 

Therefore  his  Footileps  never  flide. 

PART    IV. 

32.  In  wait  the  watchful  Sinner  lies, 
in  vain,  the  righteous  to  (urprize, 
In  vain,  hii  Ruin  does  decree  ; 

33.    God 


66       PSALM  xxxvii,  xxxviii. 

3  3 .  God  will  not  him  defencelefs  leave 
To  his  Revenge  expos'd,  but  fave, 
And  when  he's  fentenc'^?  fet  him  free. 

34.  Wait  ftill  on  God  ;  keep  his  Command  ; 
And  thou,  exalted  in  the  Land, 

Thy  bleft  PofTefiion  ne'er  fhalt  quit  ; 
The  Wicked  Toon  ^eftroy'd  lliall  be^ 
And  at  his  difmal  Tragedy 

Thou  fhalt  a  fafe  Spedator  fit. 


35.  The  Wicked  I  in  Pow'r  have  feen. 
And,  like  a  Bay-tree,  frefh  and  green. 

That  fpreads  it's  pleafant  Branches  round  : 
;6.  But  he  was  gone  as  fwift  as  Thought  : 
And  tho'  in  ev'ry  Place  I  fought. 

No  -Sign  or  Track  of  him  I  found..^ 

37.  Obferve  the  perfe<5l  Man  with  Care, 
And  mark  all  fuch  as  upright  are  ; 

Their  roughefl  Days  in  Peace  fhall  end  : 

38.  While  on  the  latter  End  of  thofe. 
Who  dare  God's  facred  Will  oppofe, 

A  common  Ruin  fhall  attend. 

39.  ,God  to  the  Juft  will  aid  afford  : 
Their  only  Safeguard  is  the  Lord  ; 

Their  Strength,  in  time  of  Need,  is  Ke  : 

40.  Becaufe  on  Him  they  Hill  depend. 
The  Lord  will  timely  Succour  fend, 

,    And  from  the  Wicked  fet  them  free. 

PSALM    XXXVIIL 
I   '^-r^HY  chail'ning  Wrath,  O  Lord,  reflrain, 

X        1'ho'  I  deferve  it  all  ; 
Nor  let  at  once  on  me  the  Storm 
of  thy  Difpleafure  fall. 

2.  In 


PSALM  xxxviii.  67 

z.  In  cv'r)'- wretched  Part  of  me 

thy  Arrows  deep  remain  ; 
Thy  heavy  Hand's  affl»6ling  Weight 

I  can  no  more  fuflain. 

3 .  My  Flelh  is  one  continu'd  Wound, 
Thy  Wrath  fo  fiercely  glows  ; 

Betwixt  my  PuniHiment  and  Guilt, 
my  Bones  have  no  Repofe. 

4.  My  Sins,  which  to  a  Deluge  fwell, 
my  fmking  Head  o'erflow  ; 

And,  for  my  feeble  Strength  to  bear, 
too  vaft  a  Burden  grow. 

5.  Stench  and  Corruption  fill  my  Wound, 
my  Folly's  juft  Return  : 

6.  With  Trouble  I  am  warp'd  and  bovv'd, 
and  all  Day  long  I  mourn. 

7.  A  loath'd  Difeafc  afflit^s  m^y  Loins, 
infcding  ev'ry  Part  ; 

5.  With  Sicknefs  worn,  T  groan  and  roar, 
thro'  Anguifh  of  my  Heart. 
P  A  R  T    II, 

9.  But,  Lord,  before  Thy  fearching  Eyes 
all  ray  Defires  appear  j 

And,  fure,  my  Groans  have  been  too  loud, 
not  to  have  reach'd  thine  Ear. 

10.  My  Heart's  opprefs'd.  my  Strength  dccay'd, 
my  Eyes  depriv'd  of  Light  : 

11.  Friends,  Lover?,  Kinfmen,  gaze  aloof 
on  fuch  a  difmal  Sight. 

12.  Mean  while,  the  Foes  that  feek  my  Life, 
their  Snares  to  take  me  fet  ; 

Vent  Slanders,  and  ccntrive  all  Day 
to  forge  fome  new  Deceit. 

15.  But 


6S      PSALM  xxxviii,  xxxlx. 

13.  But  I,  as  if  both  deaf  and  dumb, 
nor  heard,  nor  once  reply'd  ; 

14.  Quite  deaf  and    dumb,    like    one    whofe 
with  confcious  Guilt  is  ty'd.  (Tongue 

15^  For,  Lord,  to  Thee  I  do  appeal, 

my  Innocence  to  clear  ; 
Aflur'd  that  Thou,  the  righteous  God, 

my  injur'd  Caufe  wilt  hear. 

16.  **  Hear  me,"  faid  I,  "left  my  proud  Foes 
*'  a  fpiteful  Joy  difplay  ; 

**  Infulting,  if  they  fee  my  Foot 
*'  but  once  to  go  aftray." 

17.  And,  with  continual  Grief  opprefs'd, 
to  fink  I  now  begin. 

18.  To  Thee,  O  Lord,  I  will  confefs. 
To  Thee  bewail  my  Sin. 

15.  Bat  whilft  I  languifh,  my  proud  Foes 
their  Strength  and  Vigour  boaft  ; 

And  they  who  hate  me  without  Caule> 
are  grown  a  dreadful  Hoft. 

20.  Ev'n  they  whom  I  oblig'd,  return 
my  Kindnefs  with  Defpite  ; 

And  are  my  Enemies,  becaufe 
I  chufe  the  Path  that's  right. 

21.  Forfake  me  not,  O  Lord  my  God, 
nor  far  from  me-depart  ; 

22.  Make  hafte  to  my  Relief,  O  Thou 
who  my  Salvation  art. 

PSALM    XXXIX. 
ESOLV'D  to  watch  o'er  all  my  Ways, 


1   J)  J 

XV     I  kept  my  Tongue  in  Awe  ; 
I  curb'd  my  hafty  Words,  when  I 
the  profp'rous  Wicked  faw. 


2.  Like 


PSALM    xxxix.  6j 

2.  Like  one  that's  dumb,  I  filent  flood, 
and  did  my  Tongue  refrain 

From  good  Difcourfe  ;  but  that  Reftraint 
increas'd  my  inward  Pain. 

3 .  My  Heart  did  glow,  which  working  Tho'ts 
did  hot  and  relHefs  make  ; 

And  warm  Refledlions  fann'd  the  Fire, 
till  thus  at  length  I  fpake  : 

4.  Lord,  let  me  know  my  Term  of  Days^ 
how  foon  my  Life  will  end  : 

The  numerous  Train  of  Ills  difclafe, 
which  this  frail  State  attend. 

5.  My  Life,  Thou  know'ft,  is  btit  a  Span  ^ 

a  Cypher  fums  my  Years  ; 
And  ev'ry  Man,  in  bell  Eflate, 
but  Vanity  appears. 

6.  Man,  like  a  "Shadow,  vainly  walks, 
with  fruitlefs  Cares  opprefs'd  : 

He  heaps  up  Wealth,  but  cannot  tell 
by  whom  'twiil  be  pofTefs'd. 

7.  Why  then  ihould  I  on  worthlefs  Toys, 

with  anxious  Care,  attend  ? 
On  Thee  alone  my  lledfait  Hope 

Ihall  ever.  Lord,  depend. 
8,  9.  Forgive  my  Sins^ ;  nor  let  me  fcorn'd 

by  foolilh  Sinners  be  -5 
For  I  was  dumb,  and  murmur'd  not, 

becaufe  'twas  done  by  T'hee. 

10.  The  dreadful  Burden  of  thy  Wrath 

in  Mercy  foon  remove  ; 
Left  my  frail  Flefh  too  weak  to  bear 

the  heavy  Load  ihould  prove. 

II.  For 


70        PSALM  xxxix,  xl 

11.  For  when  Thou  chall'neft  Man  for  Sin, 
Thou  mak'ft  his  Beauty  fade 

(So  vain  a  Thing  is  he  !)  like  Cloth 
by  fretting  Moths  decay'd. 

12.  Lord,  hear  my  Gry,  accept  my  Tears, 
and  liften  to  my  Pray'r, 

Who  fojourn  like  a  Stranger  here, 
as  all  my  Fathejs  were. 

13.  O  !  fpare  me  yet  a  little  Time  ; 
my  wafted  Strength  reftore, 

Before  I  vanifti  quite  from  hence, 
and  fliall  be  feen  no  more. 

P  S  J  L  M    XL. 
I   "Y  Waited  meekly  for  the  Lord, 

X  Till  He  vouchfaPd  a  kind  Reply  j 
Who  did  his  gracious  Ear  afford, 
And  heard  from  Heav'n  my  humble  Cry. 

2.  He  took  me  from  the  difmal  Pit, 
When  founder'd  deep  in  miry  Clay  ; 
On  folid  Ground  He  plac'd  my  Feet, 
And  fuffer'd  not  my  Steps  to  ftray. 

3.  The  Wonders  He  for  me  has  wrought, 
Shall  fill  my  Mouth  with  Songs  of  Praife  5 
And  others,  to  his  Worfhip  brought^ 

To  Hopes  of  like  Deliverance  raife. 

4.  For  Bleffings  Ihall  that  Man  reward, 
Who  on  th' Almighty  Lord  relies  ; 
Who  treats  the  Proud  with  Difregard, 
And  hates  the  Hypocrite's  Difguife. 

|.  Who  can  the  Wond'rous  Works  recount. 
Which  Thou,  O  God,  for  us  haft  wrought  ? 
The  Treafures  of  thy  Love   furmount 
The  Pow'r  of  Numbers,  Speech,  and  Thought* 

6.  Vve 


PS  AL^I  xl.  yi 

6.  I've  leainr,  that  Thou  hail  not  deiir'd 
Oft''rings  and  Sacrifice  alone  ; 
Nor  Blood  of  guildefs  Beafts  requir'd. 
For  Man's  Tranfgreflion  to  atone. 

J.  I  therefore  come come  to  fulfil 

The  Oracles  thy  Books  impart  : 

8.  'Tis  my  Delight  to  do  thy  Will  ; 
Thy  Law  is  written  in  my  Heart. 

PART  II. 

9.  In  full  Aflemblies  I  have  told 

Thy  Truth  and  Righteoufnefs  at  large  : 
Nor  did,  Thou  know'ii,  my  Lips  with-hold 
From  uttering  what  thou  gav'ft  in  Charge  : 
io.  Nor  kept  within  my  Breaft  confin'd 
Thy  Faith fulnefs,  and  faving  Grace  ; 
-But  preach'd  thy  Love,  for  all  defign'd, 
That  all  might  That,  and  Truth  embrace. 

11.  Then  let   thofe  Mercies  I  declar'd 
i  Toothers,  Lord,  extend  to  me  : 

i  Thy  loving  Kindnefs  my    Reward, 
Thy  Truth  my  fafe   Protedion  be. 

12.  For  I  with  TroubL's  am  dillrefsM, 
;  Too  vail  and  numberlefs  to  bear  j 

Nor  lefs  with  loads  of  Guilt  opprefs'd. 
That  plunge  and  fmk  me  to  Delpair. 
As  foon,  alas  !  I  may  recount 
The  Hairs  on  this  affliaed  Head  ; 
My  vanquifh'd  Courage  they  furmountj 
And  fill  my  drooping  Soul  wieh  Dread, 
PART    III. 

13.  But,  Lord,  to  my  Relief  draw  near  ; 
For  never  was  more  prefTing  Need  : 

In  my   Deliverance,   Lord,  appear,  • 

And  add  to  that  Deliv'rance  Speed. 

14.  Confufioii 


72  PSALM  XXV. 

14.  Confufion  on  their  Heads  returiij 
Who  to  deilroy  my  Soul  combine  ; 
Let  them,  defeated,  blufh  and  mourn, 
Enfnar'd  in  their  own  vile  Defign. 

15.  Their  Doom  let  Defolation  be 
With  Shame  their  Malice  be  repaid. 
Who  mock'd  my  Confidence  in  Thee, 
And  Sport  of  my  Afflidion  made  : 

16.  While  thofe,  who  humbly  feek  thy  Face, 
To  joyful  Triumphs  fhall  be  rais'd  ; 

And  all,  who  prize  thy  faving  Grace, 
With  me  refound,  the  Lord  be  prais'd. 

17.  Thus,   wretched  tho'  I  am,  and  poor. 
Of  me  th'  Almighty  Lord  takes  Care  : 
Thou,  God,   who  only  can'ft  reftore, 

To  my  Relief  with  Speed  repair. 
PSALM    XLL 

1.  TJAPPY  the  Man,  whofe  tender  Care 
JTX     relieves  the  Poor  diftrefs'd  ! 

When  he's  by  Troubles  compafs'd  round. 
The  Lord  fhall  give  him  Reft. 

2.  The  Lord  his  Life,  with  BlefTmgs  crown'd, 
in  Safety  fhall  prolong  ; 

And  difappoint  the  Will  of  thofe, 
that  feek  to  do  him  Wrong, 

3.  If  he  in  languilhing  Eftate, 
opprefs'd  with  Sicknefs,  lie  ; 

The  Lord  will  eafy  make  his  Bed, 
and  inward  Strength  fupply. 

4.  Secure  of  this,  to  Thee,  my  God, 
I  thus  my  Pray'r  addrefs'd  : 

*'  Lord,  for  thy  Mercy,  heal  my  Soul, 
*•'  tho'  I  have  much  tranfgrefs'd. 

5.  My 


PSALM   xli.  7i 

^.  My  cruel  Foes,  with  flaiidVous-  Words, 

attempt  to  wound  my  Fame  : 
<<  When  Ihall  he  die  (fey  they,},  and  Men 

'*  forget  his  very  Name  ?'* 
6.  Suppofe  they  formal  \'ifus  make, 

'tis  all  but  empty  Show  : 
They  gather  Mifchief  in  their  Hearts* 

and  vent  it  where  they  go.. 

,  7,  8.  With  private  Whrfpers,  fuch  as  thefe, 
to  hurt  me  they  devife  : 
"  A  fore  Difeafe  aiHidls  him  now  :  , 

**  he's  fall'n,  no  more  to  rife.'* 

9.  My  own  familiar  Bofom-friend^ 

on  whom  I  moll  rely'd, 
lias  mc,  whofe  daily  Gueft  he  was^ 
with  open  Scorn  dtfy'd. 

10.  But  thou  my  fad  and  wretched  State, 
in  M^rcy,  Lord,  regard  ; 

And  raife  me  up, that  alb  their  Crinie» 
may  meet  their  jull  Reward. 

1 1.  By  this  I  know,  thy  gracious  Ear 
is  open  when  I  call  ; 

Becaufe  Thou  fufter'll  not  my  Foes 
to  triumph  in  my  Fall. 

12.  Thy  tender  Care  fecures  my  Life 
from  Danger  and  Difgrace  ; 

And  Thou  vouchfaf'fl  to  fet  me  fliil 
before  thy  glorious  Face. 

13.  Let  therefore  Ijrael's  Lord  and  God 
from  Age  to  Age  be  blcit  ; 

And  all  the  People's  glad  Applaufe 
with  loud  Amcns  exprefs'd. 
D 


74  PSALM  xlii. 

P  S  J  L  M    XLII. 

^      A   S  pants  the  Hart  for  cooling  Streams, 

Xx       whemheated  in  the  Chace  ; 
So  longs  my  Soul,  O  God,  for  Thee, 
and  thy  refrefliing  Grace. 

2.  For  Thee,  my  God,  the  living  God, 
my  thirfty  Soul  doth  pine  : 

O  !  when  fhall  I  behold  thy  Face, 
Thou  Majefly  Divine  :  ' 

3.  -  Tears  are  my  conflant  Food,  while  thus 

infultirg  Foes  upbraid  : 
**  Deluded  Wretch  !  where's  now  thy  God.? 
"  and  where  his   promis'd   Aid  ?'* 

4.  I  %h  whene'er  ray  mufing  Thoughts 
thofe  happy  Days  piefent. 

When  I  with  Troops  of  pious  Friends 
thy  Temple  did  frequent : 

When  I  advancM  w  ith  Songs  of  Praife, 

my  folemn  Vows  to  pay  ; 
And  led  the  joyful  facred  Throng, 

that  kept  the  feftal  Day. 

5.  Why  reftlefs,  why  caft  down,  my  Soul  .* 
^  truft  God  ;  and  He'll  employ 

His  Aid  for  thee,  and  change  thefe  Sighs 
to  thankful  Hymn  s  of  Joy. 

6.  My  Soul's  call  down,  O  God  ;  but  thinks 
on  Thee  and  Sio/t,  IHU  ; 

From  Jordan\  Bank,  from  Hermotis   HeightSj 
and  MiJ/ar's  humbler  Hill. 

7.  One  Trouble  calls  another  on  ; 

and,  bu riling  o're  my  Head, 
Fall  fpbuting  down,  till  round  my  Soul, 
a  roaring  Sea  is  fpread. 

8..  B0I 


PSALM   xlii,  xliii.         7.5 

8.  But  when  thy  Prefence,  Lorrd  of  Life, 
has   once  difpeli'd  this  Storm,     ^ 

To  Thee  I'll  midnight  Anthems  fing, 
and  all  my  Vows  perform. 

9.  God  of  my  Strength,  how  long  Hull  I, 
like  one  forgotten,  mourn, 

Forlorn,  forfaken,  and  expos'd 
to  my  Oppreijors  Scorn  ? 

10.  My  Heart  is  pierc'd,  as  with,  a  Sword, 
whil'il  thus  my  Foes  upbraid  ; 

*<  Vain  Boafter,  where  is  now  thy  God  ? 
"  and  where  his  promised  Aid  :" 

1 1 .  Why  reftlefs,  why  call  down,  my  Soul  ? 
hope  flill  ;  and  thou  (halt  fmg 

The  Praife  of  Him  who  is  thy  God, 
thy  Health's  eternal  Spring. 

PSALM  XLIIf. 

I     TUST  Judge  of  Heav'n,  againil  my  Foes 

J    Do  Thou  AfTert  my   injur'd  Right  : 
O  1  fet  me  free. my  God  from  thofe 
That  in  Deceit  and  Wrong  delight. 

2.  Since  Thou  art  fall  my  only  Sta)-, 
Why  leav'il  Thou  me  in  df  ep  Diftrefs  ? 
Why-go  I  mourning  all  the  Day, 
Whilll:  me  infuhing  Foes  opprefs  ? 

3.  Let  me  with  Light  and  Truth  be  bleil ; 
Be  thefe  my  Guides,  and  lead  the  Way, 
Till  on  thy  holy  Hill  I  rell, 

And  in  thy  facred  Temple  pray. 

4.  Then  will  I  there  frefh  Altars  raife 
'i'o  God,  who  is  my  only  Joy  ; 

And  well-tun'd  Harps  with  Songs  of  Praife,    y 
Shall  all  my  grateful  Hours  employ. 

D  2  '5.  Vvhy 


7*5 


PSA  L  M  xliii. 


5.  Why  then  call  down,  ray  Soul  ?  and  why 
So  much  opprefs'd  with  anxious  Care  ? 
On  God,  thy  God,;for  Aid  rely  ; 
Who  will  thy  ruin'd  State  repair. 

PSALM    XLiy. 
I    f*\  LORD,  our  Fathers  oft  have  told, 

V_/       in  our  attentire  Ears, 
Thy  Wonders  in  their  Days  perform'd, 
and  elder  Times  than  theirs  : 

2.  How  Thou,  to  plant  thernhere,  didft  drive 

the  Heathen  from  this  Land, 
Difpedpled  by  repeated  Strokes 

of  thy  avenging  Hand.  ^ 

3.  For  net  their  Courage,  nor  their  Sword, 
to  them  Polleffion  gave;     '^•^-'V^-  - 

Nor  Strength,  that,  from  unequal  Force, 
their  fainting  Troops  could  fave  ; 

But  thy  Right-hand,  and  pow'rful  Arm, 
whofe  Succour  they  implorM  ; 

Thy  Prefence  with  the  chofen  Race, 
who  thy  great  Name  ador'd. 

4.  As  Thee  their  God  our  Fathers  owri*d  \ 
Thou  art  our  Sov'reign  King  ; 

O  I  therefore,  as  Tho'i  didft  to  them, 

to  us  Deliverance  bring  1  • 

5.  Thro'  thy  Viftorious  Name,  our  Arms 
,  the  proudell;  Foe  iliall  quell  ; 

Andcrufh  them  with  repeated  Strokes, 
'  as  oft  as  they  rebel. 

6.  I'll  neither  truft  my  Bow  nor  Sword, 
when  I  in  Fight  engage  : 

7.  But  Thee,  who  hail:  our  Foes  futdiiM, 
and  iham'd  their  ipiteful  Rage. 

8.  To 


PSALM  xliv.  77 

8.  To  Thee  the  Triumph  we  afciibe, 
from- whom  the  Conqueii  cam.e  ; 

In  God  we  will  rejoice  all  Day, 
and  ever  blefs  his  Name. 

F  J  R  T^  n. 

9.  But  Thouiiaft  caft  us  off;  and  now 
moft  fhamefully  we  yield,; 

For  Thou  no  more  vouchfaPil  to  lead 
our  Armies  to  the^ield. 

10.  Since  when,  to  ey'ry  upftart  Foe 
we  t  ;rn  our  Backs  in  Fight ; , 

And  with  our  Spoil  their  Majioe  feafl, 
who  bear  us  ancient  SpitQ.-;!  ;• 

1 1 .  To  Slatight-er doom'd,  we  fall,  like  Sheep 
into  their  hutch'ring  Hands  ; 

•Or  (what's  m,Qr^:y('retci>ed  yet)  furvivcj 

difpers'd  thro'  heathen  Lands^ 
1.2.  Thy  People  Thou  haft. fold  fpr-  Slaves ; 

andfet  their  Pricefo  low,. 
That  not  thy  Treafure,  by  the  Sale, 

but  their. Difgrace,  ir*ay  grow  ; 

13,14.  Repr.cach'd  by  all  the  Nations  round, 

the  Heathens  Bye-word  grown  ; 
Whofe  Scorn  of  us  is  both  in  Speech, 

and  mocking  Geftures,  Ihown. 

15.  Confulion  ftrikes  me  blind  ;  my  Face 
in  confcious  Shame  I  iiide  ; 

16.  While  we  are  fcofPd.  and  God  blafphem'd, 
by  their  licentious  Pride. 

P  J  R  T  111 
17.  On  us  this  Heap  of  Woes  is  falFn  ; 

all  this  we  have  endur'd  ; 
Yet  have  not,  .Lord,  renounc'd  thy  Name, 
or  Faith  to  Thee  abjur'd  : 

D  3  1 3.  But 


;^  PSALM    xliv,  xlv. 

ic.   But  in  thy  righteous  Paths  have  kept 
our  Hearts  and  Steps  with  Care  ; 

i7.  The'  Thou  haft  broken  all  our  Strength, 
and  we  almoft  defpair. 

^'o.  Could  we,  forgetting  Thy  great  Name, 

on  other  Gods  lely. 
:.  I.  And  not  the  Searcher  of  all  Hearts 

tbe  treach'rous  Crime  defcry  ? 
;2.  Thou  feeft  what  SufF'rings  for  thy  fake 

we  ev'jy  Day  fuftain  } 
ill  flaughter'd,  or  referv'd  Uke'Sheep 

appointed  to  be-flain^  ^^i-::  ,    '^ 

-i 3.  Awake,  arife  ;    let  feeming  Sleep 

no  longer  t-hee  detain  ; 
Nor  let  us,  Lord,  who  fiie  to  Thee, 

forever  fue  in  vain. 
24 .  O  !  wherefore  hidefl  Thoii  thy  Face 

frovn  our  afflifted  State^/      :  '     ;" 
7  r .  Whofe  Souls  and  Bodies  fink  to  Earth 

with  Grief's  oppreflive  Weight? 

10.  xArife,  O  Lord,-  and  tinriely  Hafte 
to  our  Deliv'rance  make  :  - 

Redeem  us.  Lord,  if  not  for  ours, 
vet  for  thy  Mercies  Sake,  ■ 
'   •.     -  /PSALM  XLV.  - 

HILE  I  the  King's  loud  Praife  rehearfe, 
indited  by  my  Heart, 
My  Tongue  is  like  the  Pen  of  him 

that  writes  with  ready -Art. 
2.  How  matchlefs  is  thy  Form,  O  King  ! 

thy  Mouth  with  Grace  o*reflow5  ; 
Becaufe  frefh  Blefiings  God  on  Thee  -     ..  ^    - 
eternally  beitowi.-    .  iiiU'i  'io 

3,  Gird 


PSALM   xlv.  79 

3.  Gird  on  thy  Sword,  moft  mighty  Prince  ; 
and,  clad  in  rich  Array, 

With  glorious  Ornan>ents  of  Pow'r, 
majeftick  Pomp  difplay. 

4.  Ride  on  in   State,  and  iHll  prote*^ 

the  Meek,  thejufl,  the  True  ; 
Whilft  thy  Right-hand  with  fwift  Revenge 
does  all  thy  Foes  purfue. 

5.  Ho\v  fnarp  thy  Weapons  are  to  them 

that  dare  thy  Pow'r  oppofe  I 
Down,  down  they  fall,  while  thro'  their  Hesjrt 

the  pointed  Arrow  goes. 
'6.  But  thy  firm  Throne,  O  God,  is  fix'd 

for  ever  to  endure  ; 
Thy  Sceptre's  Sway  ftiall  always  lafl^ 

by  righteous  Laws  fecure. 

7.  Becaufe  thy  Heart,  by  Juftice  led, 

did  upright  Ways  approve. 
And  hated  ftiil  the  crooked  Paths 

where  wand'ring  Sinners  rove  ; 
Therefore  did  God,  thy  God,  on  thec^ 

the  Oil  of  Gladnefs  Ihed  ; 
And  has,  above  thy  Fellows  round, 

advanc'd  tliy  lofty  Head. 

3.  With  Cafiia,  Aloes,  and  Myrrh, 

thy  royal  Robes  abound  : 
Which,  from  the  ilately  Wardrobe  brought, 

fpread  grateful  Odours  round. 
9.  Among  the  honourable  Train 

did  princely  Virgins  wait  ; 
The  Queen  was  plac'd  at  thy  Right-hand, 

in  golden  Robes  of  State. 

D  4  P  AR'i 


8o  PSAfcMxl^r.     ' 

PART   ir. 
10.  Bur  tliou,  O  royal  Bride,  give  Ear, 

and  to  my  Words  attend  : 
Forget  thy  native  Country  n(3w, 

and  ev'ry  former  Friend. 

i  I .  So  iliall.  thy  Beauty  charm  the  King, 

nor  ihall  his  Love  decay  : 
For  He  is  now  become  thy  Lord  ; 

to  Him  dxie  Rev'rence  pay. 
12.  The  !7}7v^;/ Matrons,  rich  and  proud> 

ihall  humble  prefents  make  ; 
-And  all  the  wealthy  Nations  fue, 

thy  Favour  to  partake. 

ij.  The  King's  fair  Daughter's   beauteous  Soul 

all  inward  Graces  fill  ; 
Her  Pvaiment  is  of  purefl  Gold, 

adorn'd  with  coftly  Skill. 
J  4.  She  in  her  nuptial  Garments  drefs*d, 

with  Needles  richly  wrought. 
Attended  by  her  Virgin  Train, 

fhall  to  the  King  be  brought. 

15.  With  all  the  Stateof  folemn  Joy 
the  Triumph  moves  along  ; 

Till,  with  wide  Gates,  the  royal  Court 
receives  the  pompous  Throng, 

16.  Thou,  in  thy  royal   Father's  room, 
mull  'princely  Sons  exped  ; 

Whom  thou  to  difF-rent  Realms  may'fl  fend, 
to  govern  and  protedt : 

17.  Whilft  this  my  Song  to  future  Times 
tranfmits  thy  glprious  Name  ; 

Ar.d  makes  the  Wojld  with  one  Confcnt 

thy  Idiling  Praife  proclaim.      "    PSALM 


P  S  A  L  M  xlvi.  8 1 

P  S  A  L  M  XLVI. 

I    f^  OD  is  our  Refuge  in  Diftrefs  ; 

V_T  A  prefent  Help,  when  Dangers  prck; 
In  Him,  undaunted,  we'll  confide  : 
2,   5.  Tho'  Earth  were  fiom  her  Centre  tofs'd, 
And  Mountains  in  the  Ocean  lofl-, 

Tore  piece-meal  by  the  roaring  Tide. 

4.  A  gentler  Stream  with  Gladncfs  flill 
The  City  of  our  Lord  ihall  fill, 

The  royal  Seat  of  God  moft  high  ; 

5.  God  dwells  in  Zicn^  whofe  fair  Tow'rs 
Shall  mock  th'  Afiaults  of  earthly  Povv*rs, 

While  his  almighty  Aid  is  nigh. 

6.  In  Tumults  when  the  Heathen  rag*d, 
And  Kingdoms  War  againft  us  waa'd, 

He  thunder'd,  and  difpeis'd  their  Pow'rs  ; 

7.  The  Lord  of  Hoft  conducts  our  Arms, 
Oiir  Tow'r  of  Refuge  in  Alarms, 

Our  Fathers  guardian  God,  and  ours. 

8.  Come  fee  the  Wonders  He  ha?  wrought. 
On  Earth  whit  Defolation  brought  ; 

9.  How  He  has  calm'd  the  jarring  World  : 
He  broke  the  warlike  Spear  and  Bow  ; 
With  them  their  thund'ring  Chariots  too 

In  10  devouring  Flames  were  hurl'd. 

10.  Submit  to  God's  almighty  Sway  ; 
For  ITim  the  Heathen  fball  obey. 

And  Earth  her  fov'reign  Lord  confefs  : 

1 1.  The  God  ofHoils  condudls  our  Arms, 
Our  Tow'r  of  Refuge  in  Alarms, 

As  ro.our  Fathers  in  DiH.r efs. 

D  5  rSAl M 


Si         PS  AL  M  xlvii,  xiviii. 

PSALM   XL VII. 
All  ye  People,  clap  your  Hands, 
And  with  triumphant  Voices  fmg  : 
No  Force  the  mighty  Povv'r  vvithilands 
Of  God,  the  univerfal  King. 
3,  4.  He  fhall  oppofmg  Nations  quell, 
And  with  Succefs  our  Battles  fight ; 
Shall  fix  the  Place  where  we  muft  dwell. 
The  Pride  of  J^fc^,  his  Delight. 

c;,  6.  God  is  gone  up,  our  Lord  and  King, 
With  Shouts  of  Joy,  and  Trumpets  Sound. 
To  Him  repeated  Praifes  fing, 
And  let  the  chearful  Song  go  rounxl, 
7,   8.  Your  utmoil  Skill  in  Praife  be  fhovvn. 
For  tfim,  who  all  the  World-commands  ; 
V/ho  fits  upon  his  righteous  Throne, 
And  fpreads  his  Sway  o*er  heathen  Lands. 

9.  Our  Chiefs,  and  Tribes,  that  far  from  henc( 
T'  adore, the  God  oi  J br' am  c?.mQ  ; 
Found  Him  their  conftantfnre  Defence, 
How  great  and  glorious  is  his  Name  ! 

P  S  A  L  M    XLVIIL 
J .  _^nr^HE  Lord,  the  onLy  God,  is  great, 

JL  and  greatly  to  be  prais'd 

In  Sion,  on  whofe  happy  Mount 

his  facred  Throne  is  rais'd. 
3.  Her  Tcw'rs,  the  Jr-y  of  all  the  Earth, 

with  beauteous  Profpedl  rife  ; 
On  her  north- Side  th'  almighty  King's 

imperial  City  lies. 

•3.  God  in  her  Palaces  is  known  : 

his  Profence  is  her  Guard  : 
■^.  Confed'rate  Kings  withdrew  their  Siege, 

and'of  Succefs  defpair'd,  5.  They 


PSALM  xlviii.  S^ 

5.  They  vievv'd  her  Walls^  admirM  and  fled, 
with  Grief  and  Terror  lirucic  ; 

6.  Like  Women,  whom  the  fudden  Pangs 
of  Travail  had  o'ertook. 

7.  No  wretched  Crevv  of  Mariners 
appear  like  them  forlorn 

When  Fleets  from  ^arjhijh*  wealthy  Coafts 
by  eaflern  Winds  are  torn. 

8.  In  Sion  w€  have  feen  perfonn'd 
a  Work  that  was  foretold. 

In  Pledge  that  God,  foj^  Times. to  come, 
his  City  will   uplxold. 

9.  Not  in  our  Fortrefles   and  Walls 
did  we,  O   God,   confide  ; 

But  on  the  Temple  fix'd  our  Hopes> 
in  which  Thou  doll  refide. 

10.  According  to  thy  fov'reign  Name, 
thy  Praife  thro'  Earth  extends  ; 

Thy  pow'rful  Arm,  asjullice  guides, 
thailiies,  or  defends. 

1 1 .  Let  Zioii%  Mount  with  Joy  refound, 
her  Daughters  all  be  taught. 

In  Songs  his  Judgments  to  extol, 
who  this  "Deliv'rance  wrought. 

1 2.  Compafs  her  Walls  with  folemn  Pomp  ; 
your  Eyes  quite  round  her  call  ; 

Count  allher  Tow'rs,    and  fee  if  (liere 
you  find  one  Stone  difplac'd. 

13.  Her  Forts  and  Palaces  furvey  ; 
obferve  their  Order  well ; 

That,  with  AiTqrance,  to   your  Heirs 
this  V/onder  you  may  t?ll. 

14.  This 


84      PSALM  xlviil,  xlix. 

14.  -  This  God  is  ours,  and  willbe  ours, 

Whilil  we  in  Hijn  confide ; 
Who,  as  He  has  preferv'd  us  now, 

tillDeath  will  be  our  Guide. 
P  S  J  LM    XLIX. 

1.  T    ET  a31-thelift'ning  World  attend, 

2.  jL/     and  my  Inftrudions  hear  : 
Let^igli  and  Low,  and  Rich  and  Poor, 

with  joint  Confent  give  Ear  : 

3.  My  Mouth,  with  facred  Wifdom  fill'd, 
fnall  good  Ad-vice  impart ; 

The  ibifnd  Refuh  of  prudent  Thoughts, 
digelled  in  my  Heart. 

4.  To  Paiables  of  weighty  Senfe 
I  will  my  Ear  incline  ; 

While  to  nvy  tuneful  Harp  I  fing, 

dark  Words  (5f  deep  Defign. 
X,.  Why  fliould  my  Courage  fail  in  Times 

of  Danger,  and  of  Doubt  ; 
Wiien  Sinners, -that  would  me  fupplant, 

have  compafsM  me  about  ? 

6.  ThoiTeMen,  that  all  their  Hope  and  Trull 

in  Heaps  of  Treafure  place  ; 
Arid  boa.ning,  triumph,  when  they  fee 

their.ill-^ot  Wealth  increafe  ; 
7.'  Are  vet  unable  from  the  Grave 

their  deareft  Friend  to  free  ; 
Nor  can', "  by  FcFC-e  of  cci>ly  Bribes, 

re vcrfe  Ged'«  Arm  Decree. 

8,  9.  Then-  vain  Endeavours  they   muft  qvdt ; 

the  Piice  is  held  too  high  : 
'No  Sum!^  ^n  piir-hafe  fiKka-Grant, 
,  thatJvIan  (hall  ncA^er  die. 


i 


10. 


NcJt 


PSALM    xllx.  S^ 

10.  Not  Wifdom  can  the  Wife  exempt, 
nor  Fools  their  Folly  favc ; 

But  both  muft  perifli,  and,  in  Death, 
their  Wealth  to  others  leave. 

1 1.  For  tho'  they  think  their  llately  Seats 
fli  11  ne'er  to  Ruin  fall ; 

"But  their  Remembrance  laft  in  Lands, 
which  by  their  Names  they  call ; 

12.  Yefiliail  their  Fame  be  Toon  forgot, 
how  great  foe'er  their  State  : 

With  Beafts  their  Memory,  and  they, 
fhall  fliare  one  common  Fate. 
P  J  R  T    11. 

1 3 .  How  great  their  Folly  is,  who  thus 
abfurd  Conclufions  make  ! 

And  yet  their  Children,  unreclaim'd, 

repeat  th^  grofs  MiHake. 
i^  They  all,  like  Sheep  to  Slaughter  led, 

the  Prey  of  Death  are  made,; 
Their  Beauty,  .while  the  Juft:  rejpice, 

within  the  Grave  ihall  fade. 

1  ^.   But  God  will  yet  redeem  my  Soul  ; 

and  from  the  greedy  Grave 
His  greater  Pow'r  lliall  fctmefree, 

and  to. Himfelf  receive. 

16 .  Then  fear  not  thou,  when  worldly  Men 
in  cnvyM  Wealth  abound  ; 

Nor  tho'  their  profp'rous  Houfe  increafe, 
v/ith  State  and  Honour  crovvn'd. 

17.  For.,  when  they're  fummcn'd   hence     by 
thx?y  leave  all  ihis  behind  ;  (Death  ; 

No  Shadow  of  their  formcj-  Pomp 
v/.i-Jiin  the  Grave  ikey  find  : 

.13. And 


%6  PSALM  xlix,  I. 

-i8.  And  yet  they  tho't  their  State  was  blefl, 

cairght  in  the  Flatt'rer's  Snare  ; 
"Who  praifes  thofe  that  flight  all  elfe, 

and  of  themfelves  take  care. 

19.  In  their  Foref?.thers  Steps  they  tread  ; 
and  when,  like  them,  they  die. 

Their  wretched  Anceftors,  and  they, 
in  endlefs  Darknefslie. 

20.  For  Man,  how  great  foe*er  his  State  ; 
unlefs  he's  truly  wife. 

As  like  a  fenfual  Beaft  he  lives, 
fo,  like  a  Beaft,  he  dies. 

P  S  A  L  M    la, 

1,  ^  I  ^HE  Lord  hath  fpoke,  the  mighty  God 
z.      X         Hath  fent  his  Summons  all  abroad. 

From  dawning  Light,  till  Day  declines  : 
The  lift'ning  Earth  his  Voice  hath  heard. 
And  he  from  Sion  hath  appear'd, 
.Where  Beauty  in  Perfe^ion  fhines. 

3,4.  Our  God  fhall  come,  and  keep  no  more 
Mifconftru'd  Silence,  as  before  ! 

But  walHng  Flames  before  Him  fend  : 
Around  fhall  Tempefts  fiercely  rage. 
While  He  docs  Heav'n  and  Earth  engage 

His  juft  Tribunal  to  attend, 

Xi'id.  AiTemble  all  my  Saints  to  me 
-(Thus  runs  the  great  divine  Decree,) 

That  in  my  lading  Cov'nant  live  : 
And  Offerings  bring  with  couftant  Care  : 
(The  Heav'ns  his  Juftice  ihall  declare  ; 
For  God  himf^lf  Ihall  Sentence  give). 

7.  Attend;, 


P  S  A  L  M  I  2>y 

y.  Attend,  my  People  ;  ^r^^  hear-; 
Thy  ftrong.Accufer  I'll  appear; 

Thy  God,  thy  only  God,  am  I  : 
8.  *T'is  not  of  Off'rings  I  complain. 
Which,  daily  in  mv  Temple  ilain. 

My  Hicred  Altar  did  fupply. 

6.  Will  this  alone  Atonement  make  : 
No  Bullock  from  thy  Stall  I'll  take, 
Nor  He- goat  from  thy  Fold  accept  -; 

10.  The  Foreft  Bealb,  that  range  alone. 
The  Cattle  too,  are  all  my  own. 

That  on  a  thoufand  Hills  are  kept. 

11.  I  know  the  Fowls,  that  build  their  Nells 
In  craggy  Rocks  ;  and  favage  Beads, 

That  loofely  haunt  the  open  Fields  : 

12.  If  feiz'd  with  Hunger  I  could  be, 
I  need  not  feek  Relief  from  thee. 

Since  the  World's 'mine,  and  all  it  yields. 

13.  Think'il:  thou  that  I  have  any  Need 
On  flaughter'd  Bulls  and  Goats  to  feed. 

To  eac  their  Fleih,  and  drink  their  Blood  ? 
14..  The  Sacrifices  I  require, 
Are  Hearts  which  Love  and  Zeal  infpire. 

And  Vo\vs  with  ftriftcll  Care  made  good. 

15.  In  Time  of  Trouble  call  on  me. 
And  I  will  fet  thee  fafe  and  free  ; 

And  thou  Returns  of  Praife  (halt  make. 

16.  But  to  the  Wicked  thus  faid  God  : 
How  dar'it  thou  teach  my  Laws  abroad. 

Or  in  thy  Mouth  my  Cov'nant  take  ? 

17.  For  ftubborn  thou,  confirm'd  in  Sin, 

Haft  Proof  againit  Iaftru<^ion  been,  Ar 


88  P  S  A  L  M    1,  li. 

And  of  my  Word  didil  lightly  fpeak. 

1 8.  When  thou  a  fubtle  Thief  didft  fee, 
Thou  gladly  didfl  with  him  agree, 

And  with  Ad ult'rers  didft  partake. 

19.  Vile  Slander  is  thy  chief  Delight  ; 
Thy  Tongue,   by  Envy  mo^'d,  and  Spite, 

Deceitful  Tales  doft  hourly  fpread  : 

20.  Thou  doft  with  hateful  Scandals  wound, 
Thy  Brother,  and  with  Lyes  confound 

The  Offspring  of  thy  Mother's  Bed. 

2 1 .  Th^fe  Things  didft  thou,  whom  ftill  I  ftrove 
To  gain  with  Silence,  and  with  Love  : 

Till  ihou didft  wickedly  furmife. 
That  I  was  fuch  a  one  as  thou  : 
But  1*11  reprove  andfhame  thee  now,    • 

And  fet  thy  Sins  before  thine  Eyes. 

22.  Mark  this,  ye  wicked  Fools,  left! 
Xet  all  jny  Bolts  of  Vengeance  fly, 

while  none  Ihall  dare  your  Caufe  to  own  : 

23.  Who  praifes  mc,  due  Honour  gives  ; 
And  to  the  Man  that  juftly  lives, 

My  ftrong  Salvation  ftiall  be  fhown. 

'p  S  J  L  M    LI.      ^ 

-I    T  TAVE  Mercy,  Lor'd,  on  me, 

X~jL     ^s  Thovi  wertever  kind  : 
Let  me,  opprefs'd  vy-ith  Loads  of  Guilt, 

thy  wanted  Mercy  find.   ■ 
2,   3.  "Waih  ofFm.y  foul  OiFence, 
,'md  clean fe  me  from  my  Sin  : 
Fo)  I  conftfs  my  Crime,  and  fee 
how  (Treat  my  Guilt  has  been. 

4.  Agmni!: 


P  S  A  L  M  li.  89 

4.  Againft  Tiiee,  Lord,  alone, 
and  only  in  thy  Sight, 

Have  I  tranfgrefs'd  ;    and  the'  condemn'd, 
miift  own  thy  Judgments  right. 

5.  In  Guilt  each  Part  was  form'd 
of  all  this  finful  Frame ; 

In  Guilt  I  was  conceiv'd,  and  born 
the  Heir  of  Sin  and  Shame. 

6.  Yet  Thou,  whofe  fearching  Eye 
does  inward  Truth  require, 

In  fecretdidft  with  Wifdom's  Laws 
my  tender  Soul  infpire. 

7.  With  Hyflbp  purge  me  Lord  ; 
.and  fo  I  clean  rfiall  be  : 

I  fhall  with  Snow  in  Whitenefs  vie, 
when  purify 'd  by  Thee. 

8.  Make  me  to  hear  with  Joy 
thy  kind  forgiving  Voice  ; 

That  fo  the  Bones  which  Thou  haft  broke, 
may  with  freHi  Strength  rejoice. 

9.  10.  Blot  our  my  crying  Sins  .; 
nor  me  in  Anger  view  ; 

Create  in  me  a  Heart  that's  clean, 
an  upright  Mind  renew. 

PART   II. 

n.  Withdraw  not  Thou  thy  Help, 

nor  caft  me  from  thy  Sight  j 
Nor  let  thy  Holy  Spirit  take 

its  everlafting  Flight. 

12.  The  Joy  thy  Favour  glvco, 

let  me  again  obtain  ; 
And  thy  free  Spirii's  fi;  m  Support 

my  f:uQting  Soul  fuilain- 

13.  So 


90        PSALM  li,  lii. 

13.  So  I  thy  righteous  Ways 
-     to  Sinners  will  impart ; 

Whilft  my  Advice  ihall  wicked  Men 
to  thy  juft  Laws  convert. 

14.  My  Guilt  of  Blood  remove, 
my  Saviour  and  my  God  ; 

And  my  glad  Tongue  fhall  loudly  teli 
thy  righteous  A£ls  abroad. 

15.  Do  Thau  unlock  my  Lips, 
with  Sorrow  clos'd,  and  Shame  : 

So  Ihall  my  Mputh  thy  wond'rous  Praife 
to  all  the  World  proclaim'. 

16.  Could  Sacrifice  atone. 

whole  Flocks  and  Herds  Ihould  die  ; 
But  on  fuch  OfF'rirgs  Thou  difdain'il 
to  call  a  gracious  Eye. 

17.  A  broken  Sprit  is  ^ 

by  God  moft  highly  priz'd  ; 
By  Him  a  broken  contrite  Heart 
fhall  never  be  defpis'd. 

18.  Let  5/(3K  Favour  find, 
of  thy  Good-will  afTur'd  ;    . 

And  thy  own  City  flourilli  long, 
by  lofty  Walls  fecur'd. 

19.  The  Jaflihallthen  attenj, 
and  pleafing  Tribute  pay  ; 

Ard  Sacrifice  of  choiceft  Kind, 
upon  thy  Altar  lay. 

PSALM    LIL 
J    TN  vain,  O  Man  of  lawlefs  Might, 

J[        thou  bonft'll  thyfeif  in  II!  ; 
Since  God,  the  God  in  v/hom  I  truil, 
vouchfafes  his  Favour  ilill. 

2.  Thy 


PSALM  lii,  liii.  91 

2.  Thy  wicked  T®nguc  does  flandVous   Tal^s 

malicioufly  devife  ; 
And,  fharper  than  a  Razor  fet, 

it  wounds  with  treach'rous  Lyes. 

3,4.  Thy  Thduglits  are  more  on  111,  thanGood, 

on  Lyes,  than  Truth,  employ'd  ; 
Thy  Tongue  delights   in  Words,  by  which 

the  Guihlefs  are  deftroy'd. 

5.  God  ihali  for  ever  bkii  xhy  Hopes, 

and  fnatch  thee  foon  away  : 
Nor  in  thy  Dwelling;- place  permit, 
nor  in  the  World,  io  ilay. 

6.  The  Juft,  with  pious  Fear  n;all  fee 

the  Downfal  of  thy  Pride  ; 
And  at  thy  fudden  Ruin  liugh, 
and  thus  thy. Fall  deride  : 

7.  "  See  there.the  Man  that  haaghtywas, 

"  who  proudly  God  defv'd, 
"  Whotruftedinhis  Wealth,  and  ili]] 
**  on  wicked  Arts  rely'd." 

8.  But  I  am  like  thofe  Oiive-plants, 

that  (hade  God's  Temple  round  ; 
And  hope  with  his  indulgent  Grace 
to  be  for  ever  cro-.vn'd. 

9.  So  fliall  my  Soul  with  Praife,  O  God, 
extol  thy  wond'ro:;s  Love  ; 

And  on  thy  Name  with  Patience  wait 
for  this  thv  Saints  apprcv  e. 
P  S  A  L  M     LIIL 
I  /  I  SHE  wicked  Fools  mult  mre  fuppofe 

X  that  God  is  but  a  Name  : 

This   grofsMiftake  their  Pradice  fiiows, 
fincc  Virtupall  difchim. 

2.   The 


92  PSALMmi,liv. 

2.  The  Lord  look'd  down   from  Heav*n's  hich 
the  Sons  of  Men  to  view,  (TowV, 

To  fee  if  any  own*d  his  Pow'r, 
or  Truth  or  Juftice  knew. 

3;-  But  all,  Hei  Taw,  were  backward  gone, 

degen'rate  grown  and  bafe  ; 
None  for  Religion,  car'd,  not  one 

of  all  the  finful  Race. 

4.  But  are  thofe  Workers  of  Deceit 
fo  dull  and  fenfelefs  grown,    . 

That  they  like  Bread  my  People  eat, 
and  God's  jufl  Pow'r  difown  ? 

5.  Their  caufelefs  Fears  fhall  ftrangely  grow  ; 
and  they,  defpis'd  of  God, 

Shall  foon  be  foil'd  :  His  Hand  ihall  throw 
their  fliatter'd  Bones  abroad. 

6.  Would  He  his  faving  Pow'r  employ, 

to  break  our  fervile  Band, 
Loud  Shouts  of  univerfal  Joy 
ihould  eccho  thro'  the  Land. 
■     PSALM  LIV. 

1,  T    ORD,  fave  me,  for  thy  glorious  Name.i 

2.  I  V    and  in  thy  Strength  appear, 
To  judge  my  Caufe  ;  accept  my  Pray'r, 

and  to  my  Words  givr  Ear. 
5.  Mere  Strangers,  whom  I  never  Wioag*d, 

to  ruin  me  defign'd  ; 
And  cruel  Men,  that  fear  no  God, 

againft  my  Soul  combin'd. 

4,  5.  But  God  takes  part  with  all  my  Friends.; 

and  He's  the  fureft  Guard  : 
The  God  of  Truth  ihall  give  my  Foes  . 

their  Falihood's juil  Reward;'  ;^^^*^  Hi- 

•    6.WhiIir 


PSALM  liv,  Iv.  9^ 

6.  While  I  my  grateful  OfF'rings  bring, 
and  facrifice  with  Joy  ; 

And  in  his  Praife  my  Time  to  come 
delightfully  employ. 

7.  From  dreadful  Danger  and  DiHrefs 
the  Lord  hath  fet  me  free  : 

Thro'  Him  fhall  h  of  all  my  Foes, 
the  juil  Deftruftion  fee. 

P  S  J  L  M    LV. 
I    A^IVE  Ear,  Thou  Judge  of  all  the  Eartfe, 

Vj"     and  lillen  when  I  pray  ; 
Nor  from  thy  humble  Suppliant  turn 
thy  glorious  Face  away. 

2.  Attend  to  this  my  fad  Complaint, 
and  hear  my  grievous  Moans  ; 

Whilil  I  my  mournful  Cafe  declare 
with  arclefs  Sighs  and  Groans. 

3.  Hark  \  how  the  Foe  infults  aloud  ! 
how  fierce  Oppreffors  rage  ! 

Whofe  fland'rous  Tongues  with  wrathful  Hatre 

againil:  -my  Fame  engage. 
4,5.  My  Heart  is  rack'd  with  Pain,  my  Soul 

with  deadly  Frighrs  dillrefs'd  ; 
With  Fear  and  Trembling. compafs*d  rounJ^ 

with  iTorror  quite  opprefs'd. 

■6.  How  often  wlfli'd  I  then,'  that  I 

the  Dove's  fwift  Wings  could  get ; 
That  I  might  take  my  fpeedy  Flight, 

and  feek  a  fafe  Retreat  ! 
7,  S.  Then  would  I  wander  far  from  hence '; 

and  in  wild  Defartsllray, 
Till  all  this  furious  Storm  were  fpent, 

this  Tempell:  paft  away. 

PART 


94  PSALM    Iv.  '■ 

P  J  R  T  IL 
g.  Deflroy,  O  Lord,  their  ill  Defigns, 

their  Counfels  foon  divide  ; 
For  through  the  City  my  grievM  Eyes 

have  Strife  and  Rapine  Tpy^d. 
JO.  By  Day  and  Night  on  ev^ry  Wall 

they  walk  their  corilant  Round  ; 
And,  in  the  midft  of  all  her  Strength, 

are  Grief  and  Mifchief  found. 

11.  Whoe'er  thro' ev'ry  Part  fhall  roara, 
will  frelli  Djforders  meet  ; 

Deceit  and  Guile  their  conrtant  PofVs 
maintain  in  ev'ry  Street. 

12.  For  'twas  not  any  open  Foe, 
that  falfe  Refleflions  made  ; 

For  then  I  could  with  Eafe  have  borne 
the  bitter  Things  he  faid  ■: 

'Twas  none  who  Hatred  had  profefs'd, 

that  did  again  11  me  life  ; 
For  then  I  had  withdrawn  myfelf 

from  his  malicious  Eyes. 

13.  14.   But  'twas  ev'n    thou,  my.  Guide,    my 
whom  tend'reil  Love  did  join  :  [Friend, 

Whofe  fwcet  Advice  I  valu'd  moil, 
whole  Pray'rs  are  mix'd  with  mine. 

15.  Sure,  Vengeance  equal  to  their  Crimes 
fuch  Traitors  mud  furprife, 

And  fudden  Death  requite  thcfe  Ills 
they  wickedly  devii'e. 

16,  17.   But!  will  call  on  God,  who  Mil 
fliall  in  my  Aid  appear  :  - 

At  Morn,  and  Noon,  and  Night  Fll  pray, 
and  He  my  Voice  fhall  hear. 

PJRf. 


P  S  A  L  M-  iv,  Ivi.  95 

PART    III. 

1 8.  God  has  released  my  Soul  from  thofe, 
that  did  with  me  contend  ;  .  '  - 

And  made  a  num'rous  Hoft  of  Friends 
my  righteous  Caufe  defend. 

19,  For  He,   who  was  my  Help  of  old, 
fhall  now  his  Suppliant  hear  ; 

And  p'oniih  thofe,  whofe  profp'rous  State 
makes  them  no  God  to  fear. 

zo.  Whom  can  I  trulT,  if  faithlefs  Men 

perfidiouHy  devife 
To  ruin  me,  their  peaceful  Friend, 

and  break  tl\e  llrongell  Ties  P 

21.  Tho' foft  and  melting  are  their  Words, 
their  Hearts  with  War  abound  : 

Their  Speeches  are  more  fmooth  than  Oil, 
and  yet  like  Swords  they  wound. 

22.  Do  thou,  my  Soul,  on  God  depend, 
and  He  Ihall  thee  fuftain  : 

He  aids  the  Jul!:,  whom  to  fupplant 
the  Wicked  ftrive  in  vain. 

23.  My  Foes,  that  trade  in  Lies  and  Blood, 
fnall  all  untimely  die  ; 

Whilft  r,  for  Health,  and  Length  of  Days, 
on  Thee  my  God,  rely. 

P  S  J  L  M    LVI. 
I     T>0  Thou,  O  God,  in  Mercy  help  ; 

JL  J   for  Man  my  Life  purfues  : 
To  cruili  me  with  repeated  Wrongs, 

he  daily  Strife  renews. 
2.  Continually  ray  fpiteful  Foes 

to  ruin  me  combine  : 
Thou  feeft,  who  ficc'll  inthron'd  on  high, 

what  mighty  Numbers  join.  3.  Bu-t 


96  PSALM  M. 

3.  But,  tho'  fometimes  furpriz'd  by  Fear 

(on  Danger's  firft  Alarm  )  ; 
Yet  ftill  for  Succour  I  depend 
on  thy  almighty  Arm, 

4.  God's  faithful  Promife  I  fhail  praife, 
on  which  I  now  rely  : 

In  God  I  trufl,  and,  trufting  him, 
the  Arm  of  Fleili  defy. 

5.  They  wrefl  my  Words,  and  make  *em  /peak 
a  Senfe  they  never  meant  : 

^Their  Thoughts  are  all,  with  reftlefs  Spite, 
on  my  Dellrudion  bent. 

6.  In  clofe  AfTemblies  they  combine, 
and  wicked  Projects  lay  : 

They  watch  my  Steps,  and  lie  in,  wait 
to  make  my  Soul  their  Prey. 

7.  Shall  fuch  Injuflice  ftill  cfcape  ? 
O  righteous  God,  artfe  ; 

Let  thy  juil  Wrath  (too  long  provoked  ) 
this  impious  Race  challife. 

8.  Thou  numb'reft  all  my  wand'ring  Steps, 
fmce  firft  compel'd  to  flee  : 

My  very  Tears  are  treafur'd  up, 
and  rcgifter'd  by  Thee. 

9.  When  therefore  I  invoke  thy  Aid, 
my  Foes  fhall  be  overthrown  ; 

For  I  am  well  afTur'd,  that  God 

my  righteous  Caufe  will  own. 
,10,  I  1.   I'll  truft  God's  Word,  and  fo  defpife 

the  Force  that  Man  can  raife  : 
12.  To  Thee,  O  God,   my  Vows  are  due  : 

to  Thee  I'll  render  Praife. 

lA.  Thou 


•P  S  AL'M  Ivi^lvii.  (^^ 

13.  Thou  haft  rctriev'd  my  Soul  from  Death, 

and  thou  wilt  ftill  fecure 
The  Life  thou   haftfo  oft  preferv'c, 

and  make  my  Footlieps  fare  : 
That  thusj.pictefted  •  by  thy  Povv  r, 

I  may  this  Light   enjoy  : 
And  in  the  Service  of  my  .God 

my  lengtheri'd  Days "  employ. 

^-  S  A  L  M    LViT. 

1   '  I  *^Hy  Mercy,  Lord,  to  .me  extend'. 

X        On  thy  Prote(fiiGn  T  depend  i 
And  to  thy  Wing  for  Shelter  halfe, 
Till  this  outrageous    Storm  is  pa f;. 

2.  To  thy  Tribunal,  Lord,  1  fiy,  ^    _   • 
Thou  fov'reign  Judge,  £:nd  God  moft  High>. 
Who  W'onders  hiifl:  for  me  begun, 

And  wilt  not  leave  thy  Work  undone. 

3.  Frqm  HeaV'n  proteft  me  by  thv  Arm, 
Andfhame  ?.H  thofe  who  feek  my  Harm  : 
To  my  Relief  thy  Mercy  fend, 

And  Truth,  on  which  my  Hopes  depend. 

4.  For  i  with  favage  Men  converfe. 

Like  hungry  Lions  wild  and  fierce,  ■  .  , r^ 
With  iMen  whofe  Teeth  are  Spears,  tlieir  V/ov^^- 
Invenom'd  Darts,  and  tv/o-edg*d  Sword  si 

5.  Be  Thou,  O  God,  exalted  high  ; 
And,  as  thy^Glory  fills. the  Sky,*" 
So  let  "it  be  on  Earth  difplay'd  j 
Till  Thou  art  here,  as  there,  obey'd. 

6.  To  take  me,  they  their  Net  prcpar'd. 
And  had  almoft  my  Soul  cnfnar'd  ; 

But  fell  thcm.fcivcs,  by  juft  Decree, 
Into  tlie  Pit  thev  made  for  me. 

'    '  E  .  -       7-   O 


9S  PSALM  Ivii,  Iviiu 

y.  O  God,  my   Heart  is  fix'd,  'tis  b«nt. 
It's  thankful  Tribute  to  prefent  ; 
And,  with  my  Heart,  my  Voice  I'll  raife 
To  Thee,  my  God,  m  Songs  of  Praife. 

8.  Awake,  my  Glory,  Harp  and  Lute, 
No  longer  let  your  Strings  be  mute  : 
And  I,  my  tuneful  Part  to  take, 
Will  with  the  early  Dawn  awake. 

9.  Thy  Praifes,  Lord,  I  will  refound 
To  all  the  lift'ning  Nations  round  : 

10.  Thy  Mercy  highefl  Heav'n  tranfcends  ; 
Thy  Truth  beyond  the  Clouds  extends. 

J  I.  Be  Thou,  O  God,  exalted  high  ; 
And,  as  thy  Glory  fills  the  Sky, 
So  let  it  be  on  Earth  difplay'd  ; 
Till  I'hou  art  here,  as  there,  obey'd. 

p  s  J  L  M  Lvnr. 

I    QPEAK,  O  ye  Judges  of  the  Earth", 

O     if  juft  your  Sentence  be  ; 
Or  muft  not  Innocence  appeal 
to  Heav'n,  from  your  Decree  ? 

2.  Your  wicked  Hearts  and  Judgments  are 
alike  by  Malice  Avay'd  ; 

Your  griping  Hands,  by  weighty  Bribes, 
to  Violence  betray'd. 

3.  To  Virtue,  Strangers  from  the  Womb, 

their  In  flint  Steps  went  wrong  : 
They  prattled  Slander,  aridin  Lyes 
employ'd  -their  lifping  Tongue, 

4.  No  Serpent  of  parch'd  Jfric^  Breed 

does  ranker  Poifon  bear  ; 
The  drowfy  Adder  will  as  foon 
iinlock  his  fullen  Ear. 

?.  Unmov'd 


PSALM  Iviii,  lln.  99 

5 .  Unmov'd  by  good  Advice,  and  deaf 

as  Adders  they  remain  ; 
From  whom  the  fkilful  Charmer's  Voice 
can  no  Attention   gain. 

6.  Defeat,  O  God,  their  threat'ning  Rag?, 
and  timely  break  their  Pow'r  : 

Difarm  thefe  growing  Lions  Jaws, 
e're  pradis'd  to  devour. 

7.  Let  now  their  Infolence  at  Height, 
like  ebbing  Tides  be  fpenc  ; 

Their  fhiver'd  Darts  deceive    their  Aim, 
when  they  their  bov/  have  bent  : 

8.  Like  Snails^  let  themdifTolve  to  Slime  ; 

likehafty  Births  become. 
Unworthy  to  behold  the  Sun, 
and  dead  within  the  Womb. 

9.  E're  Thorns  can  make  the  Flefh-pots  boil, 

tempeftuous  Wrath  fhall  come 
From  God,  and  fnatch  them  hence  alive 

to  their  eternal  Doom. 
le.   The  Righteous  fliall  rejoic-e  to  fee 

their  Crimes  fuch  Vengeance  meet  ; 
And  Saints  in  Ferfecutors  BIcod 

fiiall  dip  their  harmleJs  Feet. 

II.  TranfgrefTors  then  with  Grief  iliall  fee 

jull  Men  Rewards  obtain  ;  ' 
And  own  a  God'wiiofe  Juflice  will 

the  guilty  Earth  arraign. 

■      P  S  J  L  M    LJX. 
1    y^ELIVER  me,  O  Lord  my  God, 

1  J     from  all  my  fpiteful  Foes  : 
In  jny  Defence  oppole  thy  Pow*r 

to  iheiri,  who  ine  oppofe. 

E  2  z,  Piefcive 


100  PSALM    lix% 

2.  Prcferve  me  from  a  wicked  Race, 
who  make  a  Trade  of  111  ; 

Protedl:  me  from  remorfelefs  Men,. 
who  feek  my  Blood  to  fpill. 

3.  They  lie  in  wait,  and  mighty.  Pow'rs 
againil:  my  Life  combine. 

Implacable  ;  yet,  Lord,  Thou  know'H, 
for  no  Offence  of  mine. 

4.  In  Hafte  they  run  about,  and  watcJv 
my  guiltlefs  Life  to  take  : 

Look  down,  O  Lord,  on  my  Diftrcfs, 
and  to  my  Help  awake. 

5.  Thou  Lord  of  Holls,  and  I/rasPs  Gody 
their  heathen  P^age  fupprefs  ; 

-Relentlefs  Vengeance  take  on  thofe, 

who  ilubbcrnly  tranfgrefs. 
b.  At  Evening  to  befet  my  Houfe, 

like  growling  Dogs  they  meet ; 
While  others  through  the  City  range, 

and  ranfack  ev'ry  Street. 

7.  Their  Throats  invenom'd  Slander  breathcj 

their  Tongues  are  Diarpen'd  Swords  : 
**•  Who  hears  ?  (fay  they)  ;  Or,  hearing  dares 

*'  reprove  our  lawlefs  Words  ?'' 
t.  But  from  thy  \rhrone  Thou  ihalt,  O  Lord. 

their  baHled  Plots  deride  ;  .   . 
And  foon  to  Scorn  and  Shame  expofe 

their  boafted  heathen  Pride. 

6.  On  Thee  I  wait  ;  'tis  on  thy  Strength 
for  Succour  I  depend  : 

"'Tis  TIiou,  O  God,  art  my  Defence, 
who  orily  canft  defend* 

10.  Thy 


P  S  A  L  M   lix.  ICE 

io.  Thy  Mercy,  Lord,  which  has  fo  ofc 

from  Danger  let  me  free, 
Shall  crown  niy  Wiilies,  and  fubdue 

my  haughty  Foes  to  me. 

1 1.  Deftroy  them  not,  O  Lord,  at  once 
reftrain  thy  vengeful  Blow  j 

Left  we,  ingratefuUy,  too  foon 

forget  their  Overthrow. 
Difperlc  them  through  the  Nations  round, 

by  thy  avenging  Pow'r  : 
Do  Thou  bring  down  their  haughty  Pride, 

O  Lord,  our  Shield  and  Tovv'r. 

12.  Now  in  the  Height  of  all  their  Hopes, 
their   Arrogance  chaftife  ; 

'Whofe  Tongues  have  Jinn'd  without  Reftraint^ 
and  Carfesjoin'd  with  Lyes. 

13.  Nor  iTialt  Thou,  whilit  their  Race  endure?, 
thine  Anger,  Lord,  fupprcfs  ; 

That  diftant  Lands^  by  their  juft  Doom, 
may  Ifrael's  God  confefs. 

14.  AtEv'ning  let  them  ftill  periift 
like  growling  Dogs,  to  meet  ; 

Still  wander  all  the  City  round, 
and  traverfe  ev*ry  Street. 

15.  Then,  as  for  Malice  now  they  do, 
for  Hunger  let  them  ftray  ; 

And  yell  their  vain  Com  plain  i:s  aloud, 
defeated  of  their  Prey  : 

16.  WhIIft  early  I  thy  Mercy  fmg, 
thy  wcnd'rous  Pow'r  con'fefs  : 

For  Thou  hart  been  my  fare  Defence, 
my  Refuge  in  Diftrefs. 

E  3  17.  To 


102  PSALM  lix,  Ix. 

I -J,  To  Thee,  with  never- ceaiing  Praife, 
O  God,  my  Strength,  I'll  fing  : 

Thou  art  my  God,  the  Rock  from  whence 
my  Health  and  Safety  fpring. 
P  S  J  L  M    LX. 

J    /~^  GOD,  who  haft  our  Troops  difpers'd, 
\_/     Forfakiiio-  thofe  who  left  Thee  firll ; 

As  we  xthy  jail  Difpieafure  mourn, 

'.r©  us,  in  Mercy,  Lord,  return. 

2.  Our  Strength,  thr^t  firm  as  Earth  tlid  fland,  . 

Is  rent  by  thy  avenging  Hand  : 

O  !  heal  the  Breaches  Thou  haft  made  : 

We  ftiake,  we  fall,  without  thy  Aid  ! 

0,,  Our  Folly's  fad  Effefts  we  feel  ; 
For,  drunk  with  Difcord's  Cup,  we  reel. 

4.  But  now,  for  them  who  Thee  rever'd, 
Thou  haft  thy  Truth's  bright  Banner rear'd. 

5.  Let  thy  Right-hand  thy  Saints  protect  : 
Lord,  here  the  Pray'rs,  that  we  direct. 

6.  The  Holy  God  has  fpoke  ;  and  I, 
O'erjoy'd,  on  his  firm    Word  rely. 

To  Thee  in  Portions  I'll  divide 
FairSichem's  Soil,  Samaria's    Pride  : 
To  Sichem  Succothnext  I'll  join. 
And  meafure  out  her  Vale  by   Line. 

7.  Manaffeh,  Gilead,   both  fufefcribe 

To  my  Commands,  with  Ephraim's  Tribe  : 
Jiphraim  by  Arms  fupports  my  Caufe, 
And  Judah  by  religious  Laws. 

8.  Moab  my  Slave  and  Drudge  fhallbe. 
Nor  Edom  from  my  Yoke  get  free  ; 
Proud  Faleftine^s  imperious  State 

Shall  humbly  on  our   Triumph  wait. 

9.  But 


PSALM    Ix,  Ixi.  1C3 

9.  But  who  fhaH  quell  thefe  mighty  Pow'rs, 
And  clear  my  Way  to  E Jam's  Tow'rs  ? 

Or  through  her  guarded  Frontiers  tread 
The  Path  that  does  to  Conqueft  lead  ? 

10.  Ev'n  Thou,  O  God  who  hall  difpers'd 
Our  Troops  (for we  forfookThee  firft), 
Thofe,  whom  Thou  didft  in  Wrath  forfake, 
Aton'd,  Thou  wilt  viftorious  make. 

1 1.  Do  Thou  our  fainting  Caufe  fuftain; 
For  human  Succours  are  but  vain, 

1  2.  Frefii  Strength  and  Courage  God  bellows  : 
'Tis  He  treads  down  our  proudeft  Foes. 

P  S  J  L  M  Lxr. 
I    T    ORD,  hear  my  Cry,  regard  my  Prayer 
J_^     which  I,  opprefs'd  with  Grief. 

2.  From  Earth's  remoteil  Parts  addrefs 

to  Thee  for  kind  Relief. 
O  !  lodge  me  fafe  beyond  the  Reach 
of  perfecuting  Pow'r, 

3.  Thou,  who  fo  oft  from  fpiteful  Foes 

haft  been  my  iheltVing  Tow'r. 

4.  So  Piiall  I  in  thy  facred   Courts 
fecure  from  Danger  lie  ; 

Beneath   the  Covert  of  thy  Wings, 
all  future  Storms  defy. 

5.  In  Sign  my  Vows  are  heard,  once  more, 
I  o'er  thy  Chofen   reign  : 

6.  O  1  blefs  with  long  and  profp'rous  Life 
the  King  Thou  didft  ordain. 

7.  Confirm  his  Throne,  and  make  his  Reign- 

accepted  in  thy  Sight  ; 
And  let  thy  Truth  and  Mercy  both 
in  his  Defence  unite. 

Ed  2,,  So 


I04  P  S-A  L  M    Ixi,  Ixii. 

8.  So  fnall  I  ever  fing  thy  Praife, 

thy  Name  for   everbiefs  ; 
Bevote.my  profp'rous  Days  to  pay 

the  Vows  of  my  Diftrefs. 

P  S  A  L  M  LXII. 
I,  "m  y^y  Soul  for  Help  an  God  relies ; 
?..  JLVx     From  Him  alone  my  Safety  flows  : 
My  Rock,  my  Health,  that  Strength   fupplies, 
I'o  bear  the  Shock  of  all  my  Foes. 
3.  How  long  will  ye  contrive  my  Fall, 
Which  will  but  hailen  on  your  own  ! 
You'll  totter  like  a  bending  Wail, 
Or  Fence  of  uncementedStpae. 

-4.  To  make  my  envy'd  Honours  lefs. 
They  llrive  with  Lyrs,  their  chief  Delight;; 
For  they,  tho'  v/ith  their  Mouth  they  blefs. 
In  private  curfe  with  inward  Spite. 
5,6.  Eat  thou,  my  Soul,  on  God  rely; 
On  Him  alone  thy  Truil;  repofc  : 
My  Rock  and  Health  with  Strength  fupply? 
To  bear  the  Shock  of  all  my  Foes. 

7.  Goddoes  his  faving  Health  difpenfe. 
And  flov/ing  BleiTmgs  daily  fend  : 

He  is  m.y  Fortrefs  and 'Defence  ; 
On  Him  my  Soul  Ihall  ilill  depend. 

8.  In  Him,  ye  People,  always  tmU  ; 
Before  his  1  hrone  pour  out  your  ^Hearts  ; 
For  God,  the  Merciful  and   Jufc, 

His  timely  Aid  to  us  imparts. 

9.  The  Vulgar  fickle  are  and  frail  ; 
The  Grcc'^t  c'ifTemble'and  betray  ; 
And,  laid  in  Truth's  impartial  Scale 


The  Jiohteii  Things  will  both  outweigh 


lOc  Then 


PSALM    Ixii,  Ixili.         105 

10.  Then  truft.not  in  oppre^ve  Ways  ; 
By  Snoil  and  Rapine  grow  not  vain  ; 
Nor  let  yoL^r  Hearts,  If  Wealth  increafe, 
Be  fet  too  much  upon  your  Gain. 

1 1 .  For  God  has  oft  His  Will  cxprefs'd. 
And  I  this  Truth  have  fully  known  ; 
Tp  be  of  boundleG  Pow'r  pofiefs'd, 
Eelon2,s,  of  Right,  to  God  alone. 

12.  Though  Mercy  is  his  darling  Grace, 
In  which  He  chiefly  takes  Delight  j 

Yet  will  He  all  the  human  Race 

According  to  their  Works  requite. 
PSA  L  M    LXTII. 

I   f\  GOD,  my  gracious  God,  to  Thee, 
\J     My  Morning  Pray'rs  fhall  ofFer'd  be  5 
For  Tliee  my  thirfty  Soul  does  pant  ; 

My  fainting  Flefli  implores  thy  Grace, 

Vrithin  this  dry  and  barren  Place, 
Where  I  rcfrefting  Waters  want. 

?.  O  !  to  my  longing  Eyes  once  more 
That  View  of  glorious  Pow'r  reftore, 
V/hich  thy  majellic  Houfe  diAdays  : 

3.  Becaufe  to  me  thy  wond'rous  Love 
'Hian  Life  itfelf  does  dearer  prove, 

My  Lips  fhall  always  fpeak  thy  Praife. 

4.  My  Life,  wliile  I'that  Life  enjoy. 
In  bltinng  God  I  will  employ  ; 

With  lifted  Hands  adore  his  Name  : 
c.  Kjy  Soul's  Content  ihall  be  as  great 
'  theirs,  who  choicell  Dainties  car. 
While  I  with  Joy  his  Praife  proclaim. 

6.  When  down  I  lie,  fweet  Sleep  to  fn-.d, 
?.>.cu,  Lord,  artprefent  to  my  Mind  j 

E  5  And 


JQ6         PSALM  -Ixin,  Ixiv. 

And  when  Iwake  in  Dead  of  Night. 

7.  Becaufe  Thou  ftilldoft  Succour  bring, 
Beneath  The  Shadow  of  thy  Wing 

Ireft  with  Safety  and  i)e]ighr. 

8.  My  Soul,  when  Foes  would  me  devour, 
Cleaves  fall  to  Thee,  vC-hofe  matchleis  PowV 

In  her  Support  is  daily  Fhown  : 
O-   But  thofe  the-nghteous  Lord  fhall  ilay. 
That  my  Delbutlion  wiih  ;  and  they, 

that  feek  my  Life,  Ihall  lofe  their  own. 

10, 1 !.  The\by  untimely  Ends  fhall  die, 
Their  Flefn  a  Prey  to  Foxes  lie  ; 

Eut  God  fii^ll  fill  the  King  with  Joy  ; 
Whofwearshy  Thee  fhall  ftill rejoice  ; 
Whililthe  falie  Tongue,  and  lying  Voice* 
Thou,  Lord,  fhalt  filence  and  deflroy.  ^ 
■PSALM  LXIV. 
ORD,hear  the  Voice  of  my  Complaint  ^ 
to  my  Requeft  give  Ear  ; 
Preferve  my  Life  from  cruel  Foes^ 

and  free  n\y  Soul  from  Fear. 
2.01  hide  n.e  with  thy  tender  Care 

in  fomefecure  Retreat, 
From.  Sinners  that  againll  me  rife; 
"and  all  their  Plots  defeat. 

;.  See  how,  intent  to  work  my  Harm, 

they  whet  their  Tongues  like  Swords  ; 
And  bend  their  Bows  to  fhoot  their  Darts, 

lliarp  Lyes  and  bitter  Words. 
.4.  Lurkingin  private,  at  the  Jufl: 

they  take  their  fecret  Aim; 
•And  fuddenly  at  him  they  fhoot, 

•  quite  void  of  Fear  and  Shame. 

.5.  T^ 


P  S  AL  M    Ixiv,  IxY.         107 

c.  To  carry  on  their  ill  Defigns 

they  mutually  agree  ; 
They  fpeak  of  laying  private  Snares, 

and  t4iink  that  none  ihall  fee. 

6.  With  utmoft  Diligence  and  Care 
their  wicked  Plots  they  lay  : 

The  deep  Defigns  of  all  their  Hearts 
are  only  to  betray. 

7.  But  God,  to  Anger  jaftly  mov'd. 
His  dre  .dful  Bow   fhall  bend. 

And  on  his  flying  Arrow's  Point 
ihall  fwiftDellruftion  fend. 

8.  Thofe  Slanders  which  their  Mouths  did  vent, 
upon  themfelves  fhall  fall  ; 

Their  Crimes  difclos*d  Ihall  make  them  be 
defpis*d  and  fliunn'd  by  all. 

9.  The  World  fhall  then  God's  Pow'r  confefs;. 
and  Nations  trembling  flrmd  ; 

Convinc'd,  that  'tis  the    mighty  Work 
of  his  avenging  Hand  : 

10.  Whilit  righteous  Men,  by  God  fecur'd, 
in  Him  fhall  gladly  truft  ; 

And  all  the  lilVning  Earth  fhall  hear 
loud  Triumphs  of  the  Juih 

PSALM  LXV. 

I    T7>ORThee,  O  God,  our  conflant  Praife 

y}    In  Sion  waits,  thy  chofen  Seat  : 
Our  promis'd  Altars  there  we'll  raife. 
And   all  our  zealous  Vows  complete, 
z.- O  Thou,  who  to  my   humble  Pray'r 
Didil  always  bend  thy  lifl'ningEar, 
To  Thee  fliall  all  Mankind  repair. 
And  at  thy  gracious  Throne  appear. 

^.  Our 


ij^a  PSALM'kv. 

"5.  Our  Sins  ftho'  numbcrlefi)  in  vain 
To  flop  thy  flowing  Mercy  try  ; 
Whilft  Thouo'erlook'ft  the  guilty  Stain, 
And  vvafliefl  out  thecrimfon  Dye. 
4.  Bleil:  is  the  Man,  who  near  Thee  plac'd. 
Within  thy  facred  Dwelling  lives  ! 
Whilftwe,  at  humbler Dilb.pce,  tafle 
The  vail  Delights  thy  Temple  gives. 

1^.  By  wond'rous  Acts,  O  Godmofl  Juil, 

Have  we  thy  gracious  Anfwer  found  : 

in  Thee  remoteil  Nations    truft, 

And  thofe  whom  lloi  my  Waves  furround. 

Py-j,  God,  by  His  Strength,  fets  fall  the  Hillsj 

And  does  Kis  matchlefs  Pow'r  engage  ; 

With  which  the  Sea's  loud  Waves  He   Hills, 

And  angry  Crouds  tumultuous  Rage. 

F  A  R  T  n, 
^.  Thou,  Lord,  dofc  barb'rous  Lands  difmay, 
V/hen  they  ihy  dreadful   Tokens  view  : 
With  Jcy.  they  fee  the  Night  and  Day 
Each  others  Track  by  Turns,,  purfue. 
•9.  From:  out  thy  urexhauiled  Store 
Thy  Rain  relieves  the  thirlly  Ground  ; 
Makes  Lands,  that  barren  were  before. 
With  Corn  and  ufeful  Fruits   abound. 

io.   On  riling  Ridge?  down  it  pours,      "^ 

And  evVy  furrow 'd  Valley  fills  : 

Thou  makeft  them  foft  with  gentle  Show'r*, 

Jn  which  a  b]ell  Increafe  diftills. 

1 1.  Thy  Goodnefs  does  the- circling  Year 

With  frelh  Returns  of  Plenty  crown  ; 

And  v.'here  ihv  glorious  Paths  appear, 

Thy  fruitful  Clouds  drop  Fatnefs  down. 

i2.  The- 


P  S  A  L  M  4xv,  Ixvi.  1C9 

:I2.  They  drop  on  barren  Forrelh,  chang'd 
"By  them  to  Failures  fre!h  and  green  : 
The  Hills  about,  in  Order  rang'd. 
In  beauteous  Robes  of  Joy  are  feen. 
13.  Large  Flocks  with  lieecy  Wool  adorn 
The  chearfui  Downs  ;  the  Valiies   bring 
A  plenteous  Cropof  full-ear'd  Corn, 
And  leem,  for  Joy,  to  ihout  and  fing. 
P  S  A  L  M  LXVI. 

1.  T    ET  all  the  Lands  with  Shouts  of  Jcy 

2.  f    J     to  God  their  Voices  raife  ; 
Sing  Pfalms  in  Honour  to  his  Name, 

f  and  fpread  His  glorious  Praife. 

3.  And. let  them 'fay,  How  dreadful.  Lord, 
in  all  thy  Works  art  Thou  ! 

To  thy  great  Pow'r  thy  ftubborn  Foes 
fhall  all  be  forc'd  to  bow. 

4..   Thro'  all  the  Earth  the  Nations  round 

fhall  Thee  their  God  confefs  ; 
And  with  glad  Hymns  their  awful  Dread 

of  thy  great  Name  exprefs. 
5.  O  !  come,  behold  the -Works  of  God  J 

and  then  with  rne you'll  own, 
That  He  to  all  the  Sons  of  Men 

has  wond^rcus  Judgments  fliown. 

C.  He  made  the  Sea  become  dry  Land, 
through  which  our  Fathers  walk'd  j 
V/hilft  to'cach  other  of  his  Might    ' 

with  Joy  his  People  talk'd. 

7.  IleU'iy  his  Pow'r  forever  rules; 

ills  Ey-2s  the  World  furvey: 

:t  no  prefumptuousMan  rebel 

againli:  his  fov'reien  Sway. 

.PAR"" 


no         PSALMlxvi. 

P  J  R  T  11. 

8,  9.  O  !    all  ye  Nations,  blefs  our  God, 

and  loudly  fpeak  his  Praife  ; 
Who  keeps  our  Soul  alive,  and  flill 

confirms  our  ftedfaft  Ways. 

10.  For  thou  haft  try'd  us,  Lord,  as  Fire 
does  try  the  precious  Ore  : 

1 1 .  Thou  brought'ft  us  into  Streights,  where  we 
oppreffing  Burdens  bore. 

12.  Infuking  Foes  did  us  their  Slaves, 
thro'  Fire  and  Water  chafe  ; 

But  yet,  at  laft  Thou  brought'Il  us  forth 
into  a  wealthy  Place. 

13.  Burnt-ofF'rings  to  thy  Houfe  I'll  bring,, 
and  there  my  Vows  I'll  pay  : 

14.  Which  T  withfolemn  Zeal  -did  make 
in  Trouble's  difmalDiy. 

15.  Then  Ihall  the  richefl  Fncenfe  fmoke,. 
the  fatteft  Rams  (hall  fall, 

The  choiceft  Goats  from  out  the  Fold, 
and  Bullocks  from  the  Stall. 

16.  O  !  come,  all  ye  that  fear  the  Lord  | 
attend  with  heedful  Care, 

Whilil  I,  what  God  for  mehas  done, 
with  grateful  Joy  declare. 

•17,    18.  As  I,  before,  His  Aid  implor'd, 

fo  now  I  praife  His  Name  ; 
Who,  if  my  Heart  had  harbour'd  Sin, 

would  all  my  Pray'rs  difclaim. 
^9.  But  God  to  me,  when  e'er  I  cry'd, 

his     gracious  Ear  did  bend  ; 
And  to  the  Voice  of  my  Requeit, 

vwith-conftant  Love,  attend. 

.20.  Then 


P  S  A  L  M  Ixvi,  Ixvii.         1 1 1 

20.  Then  blcfs'd  forever  be  my  God, 

who  never  when  Ipray» 
•WitJi-holds  his  Mercy  from  my  Soul, 

nor  turn's  his  Face  aw^iy  ! 

P  S  J  L  M    LXVII. 
•I    ^~|~^0  blefs  thy  chofcn  Race, 

X  in  Mercy,  Lord,  incline ; 

And  can fe  the  Brightnefsof  thy  Face 

en  all  thy  Saints  to  iliine  ; 

2.  That  fo  thy  wondVous  Way 

may  through  the  World   be  known.; 
While  diftant  Lands  their  Tribute  pay,^ 
and  thy  Salvation  own. 

3.  Let  diff'ring  Nations  join 
to  celebrate  thy  Fame  ;' 

Let  all  the  World,  O  Lord,  combine 
to  praife  thy  glorious  Nam^e. 

4.  O  let  them  fhoiit  and  fmg, 
diilbiv'd  in  pious  Mirth  ; 

For  Thou,'  the  righteous  Judge  and  King, 
rnalt  govern  ail -the  Earth. 

5.  Let  diif'ring  Nations  join 
to  celebrate  thy  Fame  ; 

.'    :  all  the  World,  O  Lord,  cam^bine 
to  praife  thy  glorious  Name. 

6.  Then    ihall  the  teeming  Ground 
a  large  Increafe  difclofe  ; 

And  we  with  Plenty  fiiall  be  crown'd, 
whkh  God,  our  God,  bellows. 

7.  Then  God  upon  our  Land 
lliall  conilant    Elcliing.s  ihow'r  :, 

And  ail  the  V/orld  in  Awe  Ihall  ftand 
^it'Hio  reilil'clVPow'r. 

PSALM 


Ill  PSALM  Ixv'iii. 

P  S  J  L  M  LXVIII. 
ET   God,  the  God  of  Battle,  rife, 
i  And  fcatter  His  prefumptiious  Foes  : 

Let  fnanieful  Rout  their  Hofl  furprife, 

Who  fpitefally  his  Pow'r  oppofe. 

2.  As  Smoke  in  Tempells  Rage  is  loll:, 
'Or  Wax  into  the  Furnace  call  ; 

So  let  their  facrilegious  Hoil 
Before  his  wrathful  Prefence  vvalle. 

3.  But  let  the  Servants  of  his  Will 
His  r'avour's  gentle  Beams  enjoy  ; 
Their  upright  Hearts  let  Gladnefs  £11, 
And  chearful  Songs  their  Tongues  employ. 

4.  To  Him  your  Voice  in  Anthems  raife  : 
JEHOVAH'S  awful  Name  he  bears  : 

Jn  h'm  rejoice  ;  extol  his  Praife, 
Who  rides  upon  high-rolling  Spheres. 

5.  Him,  from  his  Empire  of  the  Ski-'Sj 
To  this  low  World  Companion  draws.. 
The  Orphan's  Claim  to  patronize. 
And  judge  the  injur'd  Widow's  Caufe. 
6.,  'Tis  God,  who  from  a  foreign  Soil 
Reftores  poor  Exiles  to  their  Home  ; 
Makes  Captives  free  ;  and  fruitlefs  Toil, 
Their  proud  Oppreflbrs  righteous  Doom. 

7.  'Twas  fo  of  old,  when  Thou  didil  lead 
In  Perfon,  Lord,  our  Armies  forth  ; 
Strange  Terrors  thro'  the  Defert  fpread, 
Convulfions  fliook  th'  aftonifii'd  Earth. _ 

8.  The  breaking  Clouds  did  Rain  diftill, 
And  Heav'n's  high  Arches  fliock  with  Fear  : 
How  then  fhould  Sinai's  humble  Hill 

Of  JjraeV^  God  the  Prefence  bear  ! 

5.  Th5, 

\ 


P  S  A  L^M  Ixviii.  113 

9.  Thy  H'lnd,  at  famifli'd  Earth's  Complaint, 
Reliev'd  her  from  celelHal  Stores  ; 

And,  when  thy  Heritage  was  faint, 

A/lwag'd  the  Drought  with  plenteous  Shosv'rs, 

10.  Where  Savages  had  rang'd. before, 
At  Eafe  Thou  mad'il  our  Trib-^s  re  fide  ; 
And  in  the  Defert  for  the  Poor, 

Thy  generous  Bounty  did  provide. 

P  A  R  T  II. 

1 1 .  Thou  gav'il:  the  Word  ;  we  fallied  forth, 
And  in  that  pow'rfal  Word  overcame  ; 
Whilll  Virgin-troops,  with  Song^  of  Mirth, 
In  State  our  Conquell  did  proclaim. 

12.  Vail  Armies,  by  fuch  Gen'rals  led. 
As  yet  had  ne'er  receiv!d  a  Foil, 
Forfook  their  Cam.p  with  fudden  Dread, 
And  to  our  Women  left  the  Spoil. 

13.  Though  JEgypth  Drudges  you  have  been, 
Your  Army'^  Wings  fliali  (hine  as  bright, 
A?  Doves  in. golden  Sunfhine  (o-ti).. 

Or  iijver'd  o'er  with  paler  Light. 

14.  '  Fwas  fo,  \vhen  God's  almighty  Hand 
O'er  fcatter'd  Kings  the  Conquell  won  ; 
Our  Troops,  drawn  up  on  Jordan' i,  Strand, 
Hio;h  Sa!mon*s  jjlitt'ring:  Snow  outlhone. 

15.  From  thence  to  Jordan^  farther  Coaft, 
And  Bajhans  Hill,  v/e  did  advance  : 

No  more  her  Height  fhall  Bapan  boail, 
But  that'fhe's  God's  Inheritance. 

16.  But  wherefore  (tho'  the  Honour's  great) 
Should  thii,  O  Mountain,  fwell  your  Pride  ? 

-For  Sion  13  Ills  chofen  Seat, 
•Where  He  forev;.T  will  refiie. 

17.  Hi: 


114  PSALM  Ixviii. 

17.  His  Chariots  numberlefs  ;  his  Pow'rs 
Are  heav'nly  Hofls,  that  wait  his  Will  : 
His  Prefence  now  fills  Siok's  Tow'rs, 

As  once  it  honour^  Sinai's  Hill. 

18.  Afcending  high,  in  Triumpli  Thou 
Captivity  haft  captive  led  ; 

And  cm  thy  People  didft  beftow 

The  Spoil  of  Armies,  once  their  Dread* 

Ev'n  Rebels  fhall  partake  thy  Grace, 
And  humble  Profelytes  repair 
To  worfhip  at  thy  Dwelling-place, 
And  all  the  World  pay  Homage  there. 

19.  For  Benefits  each  Day  belTow'd, 
fie  daily  His  great  Name  ador'd  ; 

zo.  Who  is  our  Saviour,  and  our  God, 
Of  Life  and  Death  the  fov'reign  Lord. 

21.  But  Juftice  for  his  harden'd  Foes 
Proportioned  Vengeance  hath  decreed, 
To  wound  the  hoary  Head  of  thofe. 
Who  in  prefumptuous  Crimes  proceed. 

22.  The  Lord  has  thus  in  Thunder  fpoke  : 
"  As  I  fubdu'd  proud  Bajk'an^.  King, 

**  Once  more  J'li  break  my  People's  Yoke,. 
*'  And  from  the  Deep  my  Servants  bring  : 

23.  *'  Their  Feet  ihall  with  a  crimfon  Flood 
*'  Of  flaughter'd  Foes  be  cover'd  o'er  ; 

**  Nor  Earth  receive  fuch  impious -Blood, 
"  But  leave  for  Dogs  th'  unhallow'd  Gore.'* 
PART    III. 

24.  When,  marching  to  thy  bleft  Abode, 
The  wond'ring  Multitude  furvey'd 

The  pompous  State  of  Thee,  our  God, 
In  Robes  of  Majefty  array'd  ; 

25.  Sweet- 


PSALM  Ixviii.  115 

25.  Svveet-finging  Levites  led  the  Van  ; 
Loud  Inllruments  brought  up  the  Rear  ; 
Between  both  Troops  a  Virgin-Train 
With  Voice  and  Timbrel  charm'd  the  Ear. 

26.  This -was  the  Burden  of  their  Song  : 
^'  In  full  AfTemblies  blefs  the  Lord  : 
"All  who  to  I/rael's  Tribes  belong, 
"The  God  of  I/raePs  Praife  record." 

27.  NotVittle  Be nj ami 71   alone 

From  neighb'ring  Bounds  did  there  attead, 

Nor  only  jfu^a^'s  nearer  Throne 

HerCounfellors  in  State  did  fend  ; 

But  'Lebnlon\  remoter  Seat, 

And  Napthali'%  more  diftant  Coaft, 

(The  grand  Proceflion  to  complete) 

Sent  up  their  Tribes  a  princely  Hoft. 

2g.  Thus  God  to  Strength  nnd  Union  l)rought 
Our  Tribes,  at  Strife  till  that  bleft  Hour  : 
This  Work,  which  Thou,  O  God,  halt  wrought. 
Confirm  with  frefh  Recruits  of  Pow'r. 
"29.   To  vifit  Sale?ny  Lord,  defcend. 
And  Sion  thy  terreftrial  Throne  ; 
Where  Kings  with  Prefents  fnall  attend. 
And  Thee  with  citcr'd  Crowns  atone. 

30.  Break  down  the  S'^carmcns  Ranks,  who 
Like  paraper'd  Herds  of  favage  Might  :  [threat 
Their filver-armour'd  Chiefs  defeat,' 

Who  in  deftruilive  V^'ar  delij^ht. 

31.  ££!•// fh all  then  to  God  lire [ch  forth 
Her  Hands,  and  Jfric  Homage  bring  ; 
■^2.  The  fcatter'd  Kingdoms  of  the  Earth 
Their  common  Sov'ieign's  Prailes  fnig  ; 

33.  Who, 


ii6         PSALM   lxvm,lxix 

3  3 .  Who,  mounted  on  the  loftieft  Sphere 
"Of  ancient   Heav'nrublimely  rides  ; 
From  whence  his  dreadful  Yoice  we  hear. 
Like  that  of  warring  Winds  and  Tides. 
34.  Afcribe  ye  Povv'r  to  God  moft  High  : 
Of  humble  IJ'rael  He  takes  care  ; 
Whofe  Strength,  from  out  the  dulky  Sky, 
Darts  fhining  Terrors  through  the  Air. 


35.   How  dreadful  are  the  facred  Courts, 
Where  God  has  fix'd  his  earthly  Throne  ! 
His  Strength  His  feeble  Saints  fiipports  ! 
To  God  give  Praife,  to  Him  alone. 
PSALM    LXIX. 
1    QAVE  me,  O  God  from  Waves  that  roll, 
j^     And  prefs  to  overwhelm  my  Soul. 

2.  A¥ith  painful  Steps  in  Mire  I  tread, 
And  Deluges  o'erilow  m.yHead. 

3.  With  reftlefs  Cries  my  Spirits  faint  ; 
My  Voice  is  hoarfe  wiih  long  Complaint.; 
My  Sight  decays  v/ich  tedious  Paia, 
Whilft  for  my  God  I  wait   in  vain. 

4.  My  Hairs,  tho'  num'rous,.are  but  few, 
Compar'd  with  Foes  that  me  purfue 

With  groundlefsHate,  grown  now  of  Might, 
To  execute  their  lawlefs  Spice  ; 
They  force  me,  guiltlefs,  to  refign. 
As  Rapine,  what^by  Right   was  mine. 

5.  Thou,  Lord,  my  Foolifhnefs  doft  fee, 
Nor  are  my  Sins  conceal'd  from  Thee. 

6.  Lord  God  of  HoUs,  take  timely  Care, 
Left,  for  my  fake,    thv  Saints  defpair  : 

7.  Since  I  have  fufTer'd  for  thy  Name 
Reproach  and   hide  my  Face  in  Shanii 


8.  A 


PSALM  Ixix.  1 1  r 

8.  A  Stranger  to  my  Country  grown. 
Nor  to  my  neareil:  Kindred  known  ; 
A  Foreigner,  expos'd  to  Scorn 

By  Brethren  of  my  Mother  born.    .. 

9.  For  Zeal  to  thy  lov'd  Houfe  and  Name 
Confumes  me  like  devourinr  Flame  ; 
Concern'd  at  their  Affronts  to  Thee, 
More  than  at  Slanders  caft  on  me. 

10.  My  very  Tears  and  Abitinence 
They  conftrue  in  a  fpi?htiul  Sciile. 

11.  Whencloath'd  with  Sackcloth  for  their  fake^ 
They  me  their  common  Proverb  make. 

12.  Th-^ir  Judges  make  my  Wrongs  their  Jefl,- 
Thofe  Wrone:s  they  ought  to  have  redrefs'd. 
How  lliould  I  therr  expQ^  to  be 

From  Libels  of  lewd  Drunkards  firQ(z  ? 

13.  But,  Lord,  to  Thee  I  will  repair 
For  Help,  with  humble,  timely  Pray'r  : 
Relieve  me  from  thy  Mercy's  Store  : 
Difplay  thy  Truth's  preferving  Pow'r.. 

14.  From  threatning  Dangers  me  relieve^ 
And  from  the  Mire  my  Feet  retrieve  ; 
From  fpiteful  Foes  in  Safety  keep, 

And  fnatch  me  from  the  raging  Deep. 

15.  Controul  the  Deluge,  er'e  it  fpread^ 
And  roll  its  Waves  above  my  Head  ; 
Nor  deep  Deftrud'^ion's  yawning  Pit 

To  dole  her  Jaws  on  me  permit. 

,  16.  Lord,  hear  the  humble  Pray'r  I  make, 
For  thy  tranfcending  Goodnefs'  fake  ; 
Relieve  thy  Supplicant  once  more 
From  thy  abounding  Pvlercy's  Store. 

17.  Nor 


ii8  PSALM   Ixix. 

17.  Nor  from  thy  Servant  hide  thy  Face  : 
Make  hade ;  for  defp'rate  is  my  Cafe  : 

18.  Thy  timely  Succour  in terpofe. 
And  Ihield  me  from  remorfelefs  Foes. 

19.  Thou  know'ft  what  Infamy  and  Scorn 
I  from  my  Enemies  hav-e  borne  ; 

Nor  can  their  clofe-diiTembled  Spite, 
Or  darkeft  Plots,  efcape  thy  Sight. 

20.  Reproach  and  Grief  have  broke  my  Heart : 
I  look'd  for  fome  to  take  my  Part, 

To  pity  or  relieve  my  Pain  ; 

But  look'd,  alas  1  for  both  in  vain  ; 

2 1 .  With  Hunger  pin'd,  for  Food  I  call : 
Jnftead  of  Food,  they  give  me  Gall  : 
And  when  with  Thirll  my  Spirits  fmk. 
They  give  me  Vinegar  to  drink. 

22.  Their  Table  therefore  to  their  Health 
Shall  prove  a  Snare,  a  Trap  their  Wealth  ; 

23.  Perpetual  Darknefs  feize  their  Eyes  ; 
And  fudden  Blalls  their  Hopes  furprile. 

24.  On  them  thou  fhalt  thy  Fury  pour, 
Till  thy  fierce  Wrath  their  Race  devour  ; 

25.  And  make  their  Houfe  a  difmal  Cell, 
Where  none  will  e'er  vouchfafe  to  dwell. 

26.  For  new  Afflidions  they  procur'd 
For  him,  who  had  thy  Stripes  endur'd  ; 

And  made  the  Wounds  thy  Scourge  had  torn, 
To  bleed  afreih  with  iharper  Scorn, 

7.7.  Sin  fhall  to  Sin  iheir  Steps  betray, 
Till  they  to  Truth  have  loll  the  Way. 
28.  From  Life  thou  fhalt  exclude  their  Soul, 
Nor  with  the  Juil  their  Names  inroll. 

29.  But 


PSALM  Ixix,  Ixx.  1 19 

29.  But  me,  howe"er  diflrefs'd  and  poor. 
Thy  ftrong  Salvation  fhall  rellore  : 

30.  Ihy  Pow'r  with  Songs  I'll  then  proclaim. 
And  celebrate  with  Thanks  thy  Name. 

31.  Our  God  fhall  this  more  highly  prize. 
Than  Herds  or  Flocks  in  Sacrifice  : 

'  32.   Which  humble  Saints  with  Joy  fliall  fee. 
And  hope  for  like  Redreis  with  me. 

33.  For  God  regards  the  Poor's  Complaint  ; 
.Sets  Pris'ners  free  from  clofc  Rellraint. 

34.  Let  Heav'n,  Earth,  Sea,  their  Voices  raife. 
And  all  the  World  refound  his  Praife. 

35.  For  God  will  Shn*s  Walls  eredl'j 
Fair  Judah'z  Cities  Heni  proted  ; 
Till  all  her  fcatter'd  Sons  repair 

To  undillurb'd  PolTeffion  there. 

36.  This  Bleffing  they  Ihall,  at  their  Death, 
To  their  religious  Heirs  bequeath  ; 

And  they  to  endlefs  Ages  more. 
Of  fuck  as  His  blefl  Name  adore. 
P  S  J  L  M    LXX. 
I    /~\  LORD,  to  my  Relief  draw  near  ; 

\J  For  never  was  more  preiling  Need  : 
For  my  Deliv'rance,  Lord,  appear. 
And  add  to  tliat  Deliv'rance  Speed. 
2.  Confufion  on  their  Heads  return. 
Who  to  dcilroy  my  Soul  combine  : 
Let  them,  defeated,  blufh  and  mourn, 
Enfnar'd  in  their  own  vile  Defien. 


*t> 


3.  Their  Doom  let  Defolation  be  ; 
With  Shame  their  Malice  be  repaid. 
Who  mock'd  my  Confidence  in  Thee, 
And  Sport  of  my  Affti<ftion  made  : 

,4.  While 


120  PSALM  Ixx,  Ixxi. 

4.  While  thofe,  who  humbly  feek  thy  Face,. 
To  joyful  Triumphs  (hall  be  rais'd  ; 
And  all,  who  prize  thy  faving  Grace, 
With  me  fhall  fing,  The  Lord  be  prais'd. 
Thus  wretched    though  I  am,  and^  poor,. 
The  mighty  Lord  of  me   takes  care  : 
Thou,  God,  who  only  canft  reftore, 
To  my  Relief  with  Speed  repair. 

PSALM    LXXI. 

1,  TN  Thee  I  put  my  fledfafl  Trull ; 

2.  X     defend  me,  Lord,  from  Shame  : 
Incline  thine  Ear,  and  fave  my  Soul ; 

for  righteous  is  thy  Name. 

3.  Be  Thou  my  flrong  Abiding-place, 

to  which  I  may  refort  : 
'Tis  thy  Decree  that  keeps  me  fafe  ; 
Thou  art  my  Rock  and  Fort. 

4,  5.  From  cruel  and  ungodly  Men 

protect  and  fet  me  irtt ; 
For  from  my  earliell  Youth  till  now, 
my  Hope  has  been  in  Thee. 

6.  Thy  conllant  Care  did  fafely  guard 

ray  tender  infant  Days  ;  -.. 

Thou  took'll  me  from  my  Mother's  Womb^ 
to  fing  thy  conflant  Praife. 

7,  8.  While  feme  on  me  with  Won*der  gaze^ 

thy  Hand  fupports  me  ftill  : 
Thy  Honour  therefore,  and  thy  Praife, 

my  Mouth  fhall  always  £]]. 
9.  Rejeft  not  then  thy  Servant,  Lord, 

when  I  vvith  Age  decay  : 
Forfake  me  not,  when  worn  with  Years, 

my  Vigour  fades  away. 

I  o.     My 


PSALM  JxxL  121 

I®.  My  Foes,  againft  my  Fame  and  me, 

with  crafty  Malice  fpeak   ; 
-Againft  my  Soul  they  lay  their  Snares, 

and  mutual  Counfel  take. 

11.  **  His  God,  lay  they,"  forfakes  him  now, 
"  on  whom  he  did  rely  : 

"  Purfue  and  take  him,  whilft  no  Hope 
»'  of  timely  Aid  is  nigh." 

12.  ButThou,^my  God,  withdraw  not  far  : 
for  fpeedy  Help  I  call  ; 

13.  To  Shame  and  Ruin  bring  my  Foes, 
that  feek  to  work  my  Fall. 

14.  But  as  for  me,  my  Itedfafl  Hope 
fhall  on  thy  Pnw'r  depend  ; 

^And  I  in  grateful  Songs  of  Praife 
my  Time  to  come  will  fpend. 

P  J  R  T    11. 

15.  Thy  righteous  Afts,  and  faving  Health, 
my  Mouth  fhall  ftili  declare  j 

Unable  yet  to  count  them  all,' 
tho'  fumm'd  with  utmoft  Care, 

16.  Whiie  God  vouchfafes  me  his  Support, 
I'll  in  hi»  Strength  go  on  ; 

AH  other  Righteoufnefs  difclaim, 
and  mention  his  alone. 

17.  Thou,  Lord,  haft  taught  me  from  my  Youth, 
to  praife  thy  glorious  Name  : 

And  ever  fince  thy  wondrous  Works 
have  been  my  conftant  Theme. 

18.  Then  now  forfake  me  not,  when  I 
am  grey  and  feeble  grown  ; 

Till  I  to  thefe,  and  future  Times, 

•     thy  Strength  and  Pow'r  have  ihown. 

F  ig.  How 


122        PSALM    Ixxi,  Ixxii.- 

19.  How  high  thy  Juftice  foars,  O  God  ! 
how  great  and  wond'rous  are 

The  mighty  Works  which  Tl  ou  haft  done  ! 
who  may  with  Thee  compare  ! 

20.  Mc,  whom  thy  Hand  has  forely  prefs'd, 
thy  Grace  fhall  yet  relieve  : 

And  from  the  loweil  Depth  of  Woe 
with  tender  Care  retrieve. 

21.  Through  Thee,  my  Time  to  come  Ihall  be 
with  Pow'r  and  Greatnefs  crown'd  ; 

And  me,  who  difmal  Years  have  paj^'d, 
thy  Comforts  fliall  furrotmd  : 

22.  Therefore  with  Pfaltery-and  Haip, 
thy  Truth,  O  Lord,  I'll  praife  ; 

To  Thee,  the  God  of  Jacob' %  Race, 
my  Voice  in  Anthems  raife. 

23.  Then  Joy  Ihall  fill  my  Mouth,  and  Songs 
,   employ  my  chearful  Voice  ; 

My  grateful  Soul,  by  Thee  redeem'd, 

fhall  in  thy  Strength  rejoice. 
74.  My  Tongue  thy  juft  and  righteous  A£l^ 

fhall  all  the  Day  proclaim  ; 
Becaufe  Thou  didft  confound  my  Foes, 

and  brought'!!:  them  all  to  Shame. 

P  S  A  L  M  LXXII. 

ORD,  let  thy  juft  Decrees  the  King 
in  all  his  Ways  direft  ; 
And  let  his  Son,  throughout  his  Reign, 

thy  righteous  Laws  refpe^l. 
2.  So  fliall  he  ftiil  thy  People  judge 

with  pure  and  upright  Mind, 
"IVhilft  all  the  helplefs  Poor  iliall  him 
their  juft  Prote(5lor  find, 

3.  ThcB 


PSALM  Ixxi,  ixxii.  123 

3.  Then  Hills  and  Mountains  ihall  bring  forth. 

the  happy  Fruits  of  Peace; 
Which  all  the  Land  Ihall  own  to  be 
the  Work  of  Righteoufneis  : 

4.  Whilft  he  the  poor  and  needy  Race 
fhall  rule  with  gentle  Sway, 

And  fiom  their  humble  Necks  fhall  take 
opprefTive  Yokes  away. 

5.  In  ev*ry  Heart,  thy  awful  Fear 

fhall  then  be  rooted  fail, 
As  long  as  Sun  and  Moon  endure, 
or  Time  itfelf  ihall  lafl. 

6.  He  fliall  defcend  like  Rain,  thatchears 
,    the  Meadows  fecond  Birth  ; 

Or  like  warm  Show'rs,,  whofe  gentle  Drop  : 
refrefli  the  thirfly  Earth. 

7.  In  his  bleft  Days  the  Jufl  and  Good 
fhall  be  with  Favour  crown'd  i 

The  happy  Land  fliall  ev'ry-wherc 

withendlefs  Peace  abound. 
3.  His  uncontroul'd  Dominion  fhall 

from  Sea  to  Sea  extend  ; 
Begin  at  proud  Euphrates*  Streams, 
at  Nature's  Limits  end. 

9.  To  him  the  favage  Nations  round 

fhall  bow  their  fervile  Heads  : 

His  vanquilli'd  Foes  fhall  lick  theDufi, 

where  he  his  Conqueft  fpreads. 

10.  The  Kings  o^TarJhiJh^  and  the  Ifles, 
fhall  coHly  Prefents  bring  j 

From  fpicy  Sheba  Qifts  fhall  come, 
and  wealthy  Saba^s  King. 

F  2  II.  To 


124  '  PSALM  Ixxii. 

J  I.  To  him  fhall  evVy  King  on  Earth 

his  humble  Homage  pay  ; 
And  diff'ring  Nations  gladly  join 

to  own  his  righteous  Sway. 

12.  For  he  fliall  fet  the  Needy  free, 
when  they  for  Succour  cry  ; 

Shall  fave  the  Helplefs,  and  the  Poor, 
and  all  their  Wants  fupply. 

PART    U. 

13.  His  Providence,  for  needy  Souls, 
fhall  due  Supplies  prepare  ; 

And  over  their  defencelefs  Lives 

iliall  watch  with  tender  Care« 
J 4.  He  fhall  preferve  and  keep  their  Souls 

from  Fraud  and  Rapine  free; 
And  in  his  Sight  their  guiltlefs  Blood 

of  mighty  Price  fhall  be, 

15.  Therefore  fhall  God  his  Life  and  Reign 
to  many  Years  extend  ; 

Whilft  eaflern  Princes  Tribute  pay, 

and  golden  Prefents  fend. 
For  him  fhall  conlVant  Pray'rs  be  made 

thro'  all  his  profp'rous  Days  : 
His  juft  Dominion  fhall  afford 
a  lafting  Theme  of  Praife. 

16.  Of  ufeful  Grain,  through  afl  the  Land, 
great  Plenty  fhall  appear  : 

A  Handful  fown  on  Mountain-tops 

a  mighty  Crop  fhall  bear  : 
Its  Fruit,  like  Cedars  fhook  by  Winds, 

a  rattling  Noife  fkall  yield  : 
The  City  too  fhall  thrive,  and  vie, 

for  Plenty,  with  the  Field. 

17.  The 


PSALM    Ixxii,  Ixxiii.        125 

17.  The  Mem'ry  of  his  glorious  Name 

thro'  endlefs  Years  iliall  run  ; 
His  rpotlefs  Fame,  fhall  fhine  as  bright 

and  lafting  as  the  Sun. 
In  him  the  Nations  of  the  World 

fhall  be  completely  blefs'd, 
And  his  unbounded  Happinefs 

by  ev'ry  Tongue  ccnfefs'd. 

iS;  Then  blefs'd  be  God,  the  mighty  Lord, 

the  God  whom  Ifrae[  f'ars  ; 
Who  only  wond'rous  in  his  Work.-, 

beyond  Compare,  appears. 
19.  Let  Earth  he  with  his  Glory  fiirS  ; 

for  ever  blefs  his  Name  ; 
Whilfl  to  his  Praife  the  lia'ning  World 

their  glad  AfTent  procla'm. 

^  P  S  A  L  M    LXXIIL 
1      A   T  length  by  certain  Proofs,  'tis  plain 

X\     That  God  will  to  his  Saints  be  kind  j 
That  all  whofe  Hearts  are  pure  and  clean, 
Shall  his  protecting  Favour  find. 
2,  3.  Till  this  fuftaining  Truth  I  knew. 
My  ftagg'ring  Feet  had  almorl  fail'd  : 
I  griev'd,  the  Sinner's  Wealth  to  view, 
And  envy'd  when  the  Fools  prevail'd. 

4,  5.  They  to  the  Grave  in  Peace  defcend, 
And,  whilll  they  live,  are  hale  and  flror.g  ; 
No  Plague  or  Troubles  t-hem  offend, 
Which  oft  to  other  Men  belong. 
6,  7.  With  Pride,  as  with  a  Chain,  they're  held» 
And  Rapine  feems  their  Robe  of  State  ; 
Their  Eyes  fcand  out,  with  Fatnefs  fwell'd  j 
They  grow,  beyond  their  Wiihe^,  great. 

F   3  •  S,  9.  With 


126  PSALM    Ixxiii. 

8.  9.  With  Hearts  corrupt,  and  lofty  Talk-, 

Oppreffive  Methods  they  defend  ; 

Their  Tongue  thro'  all  the  Earth  does  walk. 

Their  Bla'fphemies  to  Heav'n  afcend. 

10.  And  yet  admiring  Crouds  are  found, 

Who  fervile  Vifits  duely  make  ; 

Jjecaufe  with  Plenty  they  abound. 

Of  which  their  flatt'ring  Slaves  partake. 

XI.  Their  fond  Opinion  thefe  purfue, 
Till  they  with  them  profanely  cry, 
-**  How  Ihould  the  Lord  our  Adlions  view? 
**  Can  He  perceive,  who  dwells  fohigh  ? 
12.  Behold  the  Wicked  !  thefe  are  they 
Who  openly  their  Sins  profefs  ; 
And  yet  their  Wealth's  encreas'd  each  Day, 
And  all  their  Actions  meet  Succefs. 

13,14.  *'-  Then  havf  I  cleans'd  my  Heart  (faid  I), 
''  And  wafh'd  my  Hands  from  Guilt,  in  vain^j 
<'  If  all  the  Day  opprefs'd  I  lie, 
*'  And  ev'ry  Morning  fufter  Pain." 
I  5.  Thus  did  I  once  to  fpeak  intend  : 
But  if  fuch  Things  I  rafhly  fay, 
Thy  Children,  Lord,  I  mull  oifend, 
And  bafeiy  Ihould  their  Caufe  betray. 

PART    11. 

16,  .1-7.  To  fathom  thi.s  my  Thoughts  I  bent  i 

But  found  the  Cafe. too  hard  for  mc  i 

Till  to  the  Houfe  o,  God  I  went : 

Then  I  their  End  did  plainly  fee, 

38.  How  high  foe'er  advanc'd,  they  all 

On  flipp'ry  Places  loofely  Hand  : 

Thence  into  Ruin  headlong  foil. 

Call  down  by  tliy  avenging  Hand. 

19,  20.  How 


PSALM  Ixxiii,  \xx\v.        12  y 

19,  2b.  How  dreadful  and  hoA-  quick  their  Fate! 

Defpis'd  by  Thee,  when  they're  deliroy'd  ; 

As  waking  Men  with  Scorn  do  treat 

The  Fancies  that  their  Dreams  employ'd  ; 

21,  22.  Thus  was  my  Heart  with  Grief  opprefl. 

My  Reins  were  rack'd  with  relllefs  Pains  ; 

So  ftupid  was  I,  like  a  Beall:, 

Who  no  relieving  Thought  retains.         "" 

,3,  24.  Yet  dill  thy  Prefence  mefupply*d. 
And  thy  Right-hand  Afliltance  gave  ; 
Thou  firll  fhalt  with  thy  Counfel  guide. 
And  then  to  Glory  me  receive. 
"25.  Whom  then  in  Heav*n  but  Thee  alone 
Have  I,  whofe  Favour  I  require  ^ 
Throughout  the  fpacious  Earth  there's  none, 
I'hat  I  befides  Thse  can  dffirc. 

26.  My, trembling  Flelhy  and  aching  Heart, 
May  often  fail  toTuccour  me  ; 

But  God  fliali  inward  Strength  impart. 
And  my  eternal  Portion  be. 

27.  For  they  that  far  from  Thee  remove. 
Shall  into  fudden  Ruin  fall  : 

if  after  other  Gods  they  rove, 

Thy  Vengeance  Ihall  deflroy  them  a!L 

28.  But  as  for  me, 'tis  good  and  juft. 
That  I  fhould  iHli  to  God  repair  ; 

Jn  Him  I  always  put  my  Truil, 

And  will  his  wondrous  Works  declare. 

PSALM    LXXIV. 
I    TT  THY  haft  Thou  caft  us  off,  O  God  r 

VV       wilt  Thou  no  more  return  t 
Oh  !  why  againft  thy  chofen  Flock 
does  thy  iieice  Anger  burn  ? 

F  4  2.  Think 


128  PSALM    Ixxiv. 

2.  Think  on  thy  ancient  Purdiafe,  Lord, 
the  Land  that  is  thy  own, 

By  Thee  redeem'd  ;  and  Sion^s  Mount, 
where  once  thy  Glory  fhone. 

3.  Oh,  come  and  view  our  ruin'd  State  ! 
how  long  our  Troubles  lail ! 

See  how  the  Foe  with  wicked  Rage 
has  laid  thy  Temple  wafte  ! 

4.  Thy  Foes  blafpheme  thy  Name  ;  \vjiqre  late 

thy  zealous  Servian ts  pray'd. 
The  Heathen  there,  with  haughty  Pomp, 
their  Banners  have  difplay'd. 

5.  6.  Thofe  curious  Carvings,  which  did  once 
ad\'ance  the  Artifts  Fame  ,   , 

With  Ax  ^d  Hanlmer  they  deftroy, 

like  Works  of  vulgar  Frame. 
■7.  Thy  holy  Temple  they  have  burnt ; 

and  what  efcap'd  the  Flame, 
Has  been  profan'd,  and  quite  defac'd, 

tho'  facred  to  thy  Name. 

8.  Tliy  Woi-fliip  wholly  to  deftroy 
maiicioully  they  aim'd  ; 

And  all  the  lacred  Places  burn'd, 
where  we  thy  Praife  proclaim'd. 

9.  Yet  of  thy  Prefence  Thou  vouckfaPil 
no  tender  Signs  to  fend  : 

We  have  no  Prophet  now,  that  knows 
vvhen  this  fad  State  fhall  end. 
PART    II. 

10.  But,  Lord,  how  long  wilt  Thou  permit 
th'  iniultingFoe  to  boall  .^ 

Shall  all  the  Honour  of  thy  Name 
ibr  evetmore  be  loH  ? 

II.  Why 


PSALM    Ixxiv.  129 

11.  Why  hold'flThou  back  thy  ftrong  RighN 
and  on  thy  patient  Breaft,  [hand, 

When  Vengeance  calls  toftretch  it  forth, 
{o  calmly  lett'il  it  reft   ? 

1 2.  Thou  heretofore,  with  kingiy  Pow'r, 
in  our   Defence  haft  fought  ; 

For  us,  throughout  the  wond'ring  World, 
haft  great  Salvation  wrought. 

13.  'Twas  Thou,  O  God,  that  didft  the  Sea, 
by  thy  own  Strength,  divide  : 

Thou  brak'ft  the  wat'ry  Monfters  Head, 
the  Waves  o'erwhelm'd  their  Pride. 

14.  The  greateft,  fierced  of  them  ail 
that  feeiii'd  tlie  Deep  to  fvvay, 

Was  by  thy  Pow'r  deftr<jy'd,  and  made 

to  favage  Ueafts  a  Prey. 
i^.  1  hou  clav'ft  the  folid  Rock,  and  mad'ft 

the  Waters  largely  flow  : 
Again,  Thou  mad'ft,  thro'  parting  Streams, 

thy  wond'ring  People  go. 

16.  Thine  is  thechearful  Day,  and  thine 
the  black  Return  of  Night  ; 

Thou  haft  prepar'd  the  glorious  Sun, 
and  ev'ry  feebler  Light. 

17.  By  Thee  the  Borders  of  the  Earth 
in  perfect  Order  ftand  : 

The  Summer's  Warmth,  and  Winter's  Cold, 
attend  on  thy  Command. 
PART  III. 
J 8.  Remember,  Lord,  how  fcornful  Foes 

have  daily  urg'd  our  Shame  ; 
/.nd  how  the  foolifh  People  have 
blafpheni'd  thy  holy  Name. 

F  5  19.  O 


T^o       PSALM    Ixxiv,  Ixxv. 

Jp.   O,  free  thy  mourning  Turtle-dove, 

by  finful  Crouds  befet  ; 
Nor  the  AfTembly  of  thy  Poor 

for  evermore  forget. 

20.  Thy  antient  Covenant,  'Lord,  regard, 

and  make  thy  Promife  good  ; 
For  now  each  Corner  of  the  Land 

is  fill'd  with  Men  of  Blood. 
21.0  let  not  the  Gpprefs'd  return, 

with  Soirow  cloath'd,  and  Shame  ; 
■But  let  the  Hei»)lefs  and  the  Poor 

for  ever  praife  thy  Name. 

rtz,  Arife,0  God,  in  ourBehalT ; 

thy  Caufe  and  ours  maintain  : 
Kemember  hew  infulting  Fools 

each  Day  thy  Name  profane  ! 
23,  Make  Thou  the  Boaltings  of -thy  FoK 

for  eve r^  Lord,  to-ceafe  ; 
Whofe  Infolencc,  if  unchaftiz'd, 

will  more  and  more  increafe. 

P  S  .     L  M    LXXV. 
J    ^"T^O  Tnee,  O  God,  we  render  Praifej 

X        to  Thee  with  Thanks  repair  5 
For,  t4vat  thy  Name  to  us  is  nigh, 

thy  vvond'rous  Works  declare. 
:a.  In  J/raei  when  my  Throne  it  fix^d, 

with  me  ihall  JaiHce  reign. 
3.  The  Land  with  Difcord  fhakes  5  but  3 

the  finking  Frame  fullain. 

of.  Deluded  Wretches  I  advis'd 

their  Errors  to  redrefs  ;       '  , 

And  warn'd  bold  Sinners,  that  they  fhould' 
th«ir  fwelling  Pride  fupprefs, 

5.  Bear 


PSALM  ixxv,  Ixxvi.         i  ^  i 

5.  Bear  not  yourfelves  fo  high,  as  if 
no  Pow'r  could  yours  retrain  : 

Submit  your  ftubborn  Necks,  and  learn 
to  fpeak  with  lef?  Difdain^ 

6.  For  that  Promotion,  which  to  gain 
your  vain  Ambition  ftrives, 

From  neither  Eaii,  nor  Weil,  nor  ye: 
from  fouthern  Climes  arrives. 

7.  For  God  the  great  Difpofer  is, 
and  fov'reign  Judge  alone, 

Who  cafts  the  Proud  to  Earth,  and  lifts 
the  Humble  to  a  Throne. 

8.  His  Hand  holds  forth  a  dreadful  Cup  | 

with  purple  Wine  'tis  crown'd  ; 
The  deadly  Mixture,  which  his  Wrath 

deals  out  to  Nations  round. 
Of  this  his  Saints  fometimes  may  talle  5 

but  wicked  Men  iliall  fqueeze 
The  bitter  Dregs,  and  be  conderan'd 

to  drink  the  very  Lees. 

9.  His  Prophet  I,  to   all  the  World 

this  Mefiage  will  relate  : 
The  Juftice  then  of  J^co^'s  God  ; 

my  Song  fliall  celebrate. 
IQ.  The  Wicked's  Pride  I  will  reduce, 

their  Cruelty  difarm  ; 
Bxalt  th^  Juft,  and  feat  him  high, 

above  the  Reach  of  Harm. 

PSALM    LXXXVI. 
I    TN  Judab  the  Almighty's  known 

J[   (Almighty,  there,  by  Wonders  ihown  :) 
His.  Name  in  Jpre^  doet^  excel  \  .      . ' 

'    i.  Hi: 


132  PSALM  Ixxvi. 

2.  His  SariiStuary  in  Salem  Hands  : 
The  Majeily  that  Heiven  commands 
In  Sion  condefcehds  to  dwell. 

%.  He  brake  the  Bow  and  Arrows  there. 
The  Shield,  the  tempePd  Sword,  and  Spear  ; 
There  flain  the  mighty  Army  lay  : 

4.  Whence  Sion's  Fame  thro'  Earth  is-fpread, 
Qf  greater  Glory,  greater  Dread, 

Than  Hills  where  Robbers  lodge  their  Prey. 

5.  Their  valiant  Chiefs,  who  came  for  Spoil, 
Thernfelves  met  there  a  fhamefal  Foil : 

Securely  down  to  Sleep  they  lay  ! 
Bat  wak'd  no  more  ;  their  ilouteft  Band 
Ke'er  lifted  one  refilling  Hand 

'gainii  his  that  did  their  Legions-  Jlay. 

6.  Whtr\Jac6h^s  God  began  to  frown, 
Eoth  Horfe  and  Charioteers  o'erthrown, 

Together  flept  in  endlefs  Night. 
^.  When  Thou,  whom  Earth  and  Heav'n  revere, 
Doll:  once  with  wrathful  Lock  appear, 

What  mortal  Pow'r  can  Hand  thy  Sight  ? 

8.  Prcnounc'd  from  Heav'n,  Earth  heard  it'%- 

[Doom  ; 
Grew  huih'd  with  Fear  when  Thou  did'il  come, 

9.  The  Meek  with  Jullice  to  reilore. 
10.  The  Wrath  of  Man  fhall  yield  Thee  Praife  ; 
lis  laft  Attempts  but  ferve  to  raife 

The  Triumphs  of  almighty  Pow'r. 

'3!.  Vow  to  the  Lord  ;  ye  Nations,  bring 
Vovv'd  Prefents  to  th'   eternal  King  : 
Thus  to  Jiis  Name  due  Kev'rence  pay, 

12.  Who 


PSALM  ixxvi,  Ixxvli.     ^133 

•12.  Whoproudefl  Potentates  can  quell, 
To  earthly  Kings  more  terrible, 

Than,  to  their  trembling  Subjects,  they. 

PSALM    hXXVlh 

I   ^  m^O  God  I  cry'd  who  to  my  Help 

X        did  gracioufly  repair  ; 

2.  In  Trouble's  difmal  Day  I  fought 
my  God  with  humble  Pray'r. 

All  Night  my  fefVring  Wound  did  run  5 

no  Med'cine  gave  Relief ; 
My  Soul  no  Comfort  would  admit, 

my  Soul  indulg'd  her  Grief. 

3.  I  thought  on  God,  and  Favours  pafs'd  ,; 

but  that  increas'd  my  Pain  : 
I  found  my  Spirit  more  opprefs'd, 

the  more  I  did  complain. 
.4.  Thro'  ev'ry  Watch  of  tedious  Night 

thou  keep'il  my  Eyes  awake  ; 
My  Grief  i>  fwell'd  to  that  Excefs, 

I  iigh,  but  cannot  fpeak. 

5.  I  call'd  to  mind  the  Days  of  old, 

with  fignal  Mercy  crown'd  ; 
Thofe  famous  Years  of  ancient  Times, 
for  Miracles  renown'd. 

6.  By  Night  I  recollect  my  Songs, 
on  former  Triumphs  made  ; 

Then  fearch,  confult,  and  afk  my  Heart, 
where's  now  that  wond'rous  Aid  ? 

7.  Has  God  for  ever  caft  us  off? 
withdrawn  his  Favour  quite  ? 

2,  Are  both  his  Mercy  and  his. Truth 
retir'd  to  endlefs  Night  ? 

9.  Can 


134  PSALM   Ixxvii. 

g.  Can  his  long-pra6lis'd  Lvove  forget 

its  wonted  Aids  to  bring  ? 
Has  He  in  Wrath  (hut  up  and  feal'd 

his  Mercy*s  healing  Spring  r 

lo.  I  faid,  My  Weaknefs  hints  thefe  Fears : 

but  I'll  my  Fears  difband  ; 
ril  ^yet  remember  the  mofi:  High, 

and  Years  of  his  Right-hand. 
J  I ,  I'll  call  to  mind  his  Works  of  old 

the  Wonders  of  his  Might  ; 

12.  On  them  my  Heart  fhall  meditate, 
my  Tongue  (hall  them  recite. 

13.  SafelodgM  from  human  Search  on  high, 
O  God,  thy  Councils  are  ! 

Who  is  fo  great  a  God  as  ours  ? 
who  can  with  Him  compare  ? 

14.  Long  fince  a  God  of  Wonders  Thee 
thy  refcu'd  People  found  : 

J5.  Long  fince' haft  Thou  thy  chofen  Seed 
with  ftrong  Deliverance  crown'd. 

-16.  When  Thee,  O  God,  the  Waters  faw, 

the  frighted  Billows  Ihrunk  ; 
The  troubled  Depths  themfelves  for  Fear 

beneaih  their  Channels  funk, 
17.  The  Clouds  pour'd  down,  while  rending 

did  with  their  Noife  confpire;  [Skies 

Thy  Arrows  all  abroad  were  -fent, 

wing'd  with  avenging  Fire. 

-18.   Heav'n  with  thy  Thunder's  Voice  was  torn, 

whilll  all  the  lower  World 
"With  Lightning  blaz'd.  Earth  fhook  and  feem'd- 
-.^fioiiiiier  Fouudations-httrrd.         •      -^-- 

-15).  Thro' 


PSALM    Ixxvii,  Ixxviii.      135 

19.  Thro'   rolling    Streams  Thou   find'ft    thy 
thy  Paths  in  VVaters  lie  ;  [Way? 

Thy  wondVous  PafTage,  where  no  Sight 
thy  Footfleps  can  defcry. 

20.  Thou  led'ft-  thy  People  like  a  Flock  ; 
fafe  through  the  defart  Land, 

By  Mo/es,  their  meek  fkilful  Guide, 
and  Aaron  %  facred  Hand. 

PSALM    LXXVIII. 
I    T  TEAR,  O  my  People,  to  my  Law, 

JlI     devout  Attention  lend  ; 

Let  the  Tnftrudion  of  my  Mouth 

deep  in  your  Hearts  defcend. 

2.  My  Tongue,  by  Infpiration  taught, 
Ihall  Parables  unfold. 

Dark  O.acles,  but  unierftood, 
and  ovvn'd  for  Truths  of  old  ; 

3.  Which  we  from  facred  Regifters 
of  an:ient  Times  have  known,     . 

And  our  Forefathers  pious  Care 
to  us  has  handed  down. 

4.  We  will  not  hide  them  from  our  Sons  j 
our  OlFspring  (hall  be  taught 

The  Praifes  of  the  Lord,  whofe  Strength 
has  Works  of  Wonder  wrought. 

5.  For  Jacob  he  this  Law  ordainM, 
this  League  with  7/rW  made ; 

'With  Charge,   to  be  from  Age  to  Age, 

from  Race  to  i<ace  convey 'd. 
16.  That  Generacions  yet  to  come 

fliould  to  their  unborn  Heirs 
ileligioufly  tranfmit  the  fame, 

and  they  again  to  theirs. 

7.  To 


13^         PSALM  Ixxvlii. 

7.  To  teach  t^em  that  in  God  aJone 
their  Hope  fecurely  ftands  ; 

That  they  ihould  ne'er  his  Works  forget, 
but  keep  his  juft  Commands. 

8.  Left,  like  their  Fathers,  they  might  prove 
a  ftiiF rebellious  Race, 

Falfe-hearted,  fickle  to  their  God, 
unftedfaft  in  his  Grace. 

9.  Such  were  revolting  Ephraimh  Sons, 
who,  tho'  to  Warfare  bred, 

And  fkillful  Archers  arm'd  with  Bows, 

from  Field  ignobly  lied. 
•10,  II.  They  falfify'd  their  League  with  God, 

his  Orders  difobey'd. 
Forgot  his  Works  and  Miracles 

before  their  Eyes  difplay'd. 

12.  Nor  Wonders,  which  their  Fathers  faw, 

did  they  in  Mind' retain  ; 
Prodigious  Things  in  Egypt  done, 

and  Zoans  fertile  PJain. 
■13.  He  cut  the  Seas  to  let  them  pafs, 

reftrain'd  the  preffing  Flood  ; 
While  pil'd  on  Heaps,  on  either  Side, 

the  {olid  Water  ftood. 

14.  A  wondrous  Pillar  led  them  on, 
compos'd  of  Shade  and  Light  ; 

A  ihek'ring  Cloud  it  prov'd  by  Day, 
a  leading  Fire  by  Night. 

15.  When  Drought  opprefs'd  them,  where  no    * 
the  Wildernefs  fupply'd,  [Stream 

He  cleft  the  Rock,  whofe  flinty  Breaft 
diiTolv'd  into  a  Tide. 

16 i  Streams   t 
i 


PSALM   Ixxviii.  137 

16.  Streams  from  the.  folid  Rock  He  brought, 
which  down  in  Rivers  fell, 

That  trav'ling  with  their  Camp  each  Day 
renew'd  the  Miracle. 

17.  Yet  there  they  finn*d  a^ainft  Him  more,   . 
provokine  the  moft  High  ; 

In  that  fame  Defart  where  He  did 
their  fainting  Souls  fupply. 

18.  They  firft  incens'd  Him  in  their  Hearts, 
that  did  his  Power  diftruft, 

And.long'd  for  Meat,  not  urg*d  by  Want, 

but  to  indulge  their  Lull. 
ig.  Then  utter'd  their  blafpheming  Doubts, 

*'  can  God,  Giy  they,  prepare 
<»  A  Table  in  the  Wildernefs, 

"  fet  out  with  various  Fare  ? 

20.  **  He  fmote  the  flinty  Rock  ('tis  true) 
**  and  gulhing  Streams  enf-jM  ; 

<*•  But  can  He  Corn  and  Flefh  provide 
*'  for  luch  a  Multitude  r" 

21.  The  Lord  with  Indignation  heard  : 
from  Heav*n  avenging  Flame 

On  yaccS  fell,  confuming  Wrath 
on  thanklefs  7/rVcame. 

22.  Becaufe  their  unbelieving  Hearts 
in  God  would  not  cq/iSde, 

Nor  trufl  his  Care,  who  had  from  Heav'n 
their  Wants  fo  oft  fupply'd. 

23.  Tho'  He  had' made  his  Clouds  difcharge 
Provifions  down  in  Shovv*rs  ; 

And  when  Earth  fail'd,  reliev'd  their  Needs 
from  his  cekHial  Stores. 

24.  Tho* 


138  P  S  A  L  M  Ixxriii. 

-24.  Tho'  taftefui  Manna  was  rainM  doN'VTi 

their  Hunger  to  relieve  ; 
Tho'  from  the  Stores  of  Heav'n  they  did 

fuftaining  Corn  receive. 
25.  Thus  Man  with  Angel's  facred  Food, 

ingrateful  Man,  was  fed  ; 
Not  fparingly^  for  iHil  they  found. 

a  plenteous  Table  fpread. 

26-.  From  Heav'n  He  made  an  eaft  Wind  bloAv, , 
then  did  the  South  command 

27.  To  rain  down  Flefh  like  Dull,  and  Fcwis 
like  Sea's  unnumber'd  Sand. 

28.  Within  their  Trenches  He  let  fall 
the  lufcious  eafy  Prey, 

And  all  around  their  fpreading  Camp 
~  the  fcather'd  Booty  lay. 

29.  They  fed,  were  fill'd,  He  gave  them  Leave 
their  Appetites  to  feaft  ; 

50,   31.   Yet  ftill  their  wanton  Lull  crav'd  oa 

nor  with  their  Hunger  ceas'd. 
But  w}>ilft,'in  their  luxurions  Months, 

they  did  their  Dainties  chew. 
The  Wrath  of  God  fmotc  down  their  Chiefs, 

and  IjrWs  Chofen  fiew. 

PART  II. 

32.  Yet  flill  they  fmr.M,  nor  would  aiFord 
his  Miracles  Belief ; 

33.  Therefore  thro'  fruitlefs  Travels  He 
confum'd  their  Lives  in  Grief. 

34.  When  fome  were  flain,  the  reft  return'd 
to  God  with  early  Cry  ; 

35.  Own'd  Him  the  Reck  of  their  Defence, 
-their  Saviour,  God  moil  High. 

.36.  But 


PSALM   Ixxviii.  139 

36.  Rat  this  was  feign'd  Submiffion  all, 
their  Heart  their  Tongue  bely'd  ; 

37.  Their  Hea- 1  was  IHII  perverfcj  nor  would 
firm  in  his  League  abide. 

38.  Yet,  f&ll  of  Mercy,  He  forgave, 
nor  did  with  De?-th  chaftife  ; 

Bat  turn'd  his  kindled  Wrath  afide, 
or  would  not  let  it  rife. 

39.  For  He  remember'd  they  were  Flelh, 
that  could  not  long  remain  ; 

A  murmuring  Wind  that's  quickly  paft, 
and  ne'er  returns  again. 

40.  Hovv  oft  did  they  provoke  Him  therCj 
how  oft  his  Patience  grieve. 

In  that  fame  Defart  where  He  did 
their  fainting  Souls  relieve. 

41.  They  tempted  Him  by  turning  back, 
and  wickedly  repin'd  ; 

When  I/r'ers  God  refus'd  to  be 
by  their  Deiires  confin'd. 

42.  Nor  calPd  to  mind  the  Hand  and  Day 
that  their  Redemption  brought  ? 

43.  JHis  Signs  in  Egypt,  wond'rcus  Works 
in  Zcau's  Valley  wrought. 

44.  He  turn'd  iheir  Rivers  into  Blood, 
that  Man  and  Beall  forbore  ; 

And  rather  chofe  to  die  of  Thirft, 
than  drink  the  putrid  Gore. 

45.  He  fent  devouring  Swarms  of  Flies, 
hqarfe  Frogs  annoy'd  their  Soil, 

-46.  Locufts  and  Caterpillars  reap'd 
the  Harveil  of  their  Toil. 

47.  Thei 


HO  PSALM  Ixxviii. 

47.  Their  Vines  with  batt'ringHail  were'broke, 
with  Frof!  the  Fig-tree  dies  ; 

48.  Lightning  and  Hail  madeFlocks  and  Herds 
one  genera!  Sacrifice. 

49.  He  turn'd  his  Anger  Icofe,  and  fet 
no  Time  for  it  to  ceafe  ; 

And  with  th-eir  Plagues  bad  Angels  fent 
their  Torments  to  increafe. 

50.  He  clear'd  aPaiTage  for  his  Wrath 
to  ravage  uncontrouPd  ; 

The  Murrain  on  their  Firftlings  feiz*d 
in  ev'ryField  and  Fold. 

51.  The  deadly  Peft  from  Beaft  to  Man, 
from  Field  to  City  came  ; 

"It  Hew  their  Heirs,  their  eldeft  Hopes, 
through  all  the  Tents  of  Ha^:, 

52.  But  his  own  Tribe,  like  folded  Sheep, 
he  brought  from  their Diftrefs ; 

And  them  conduced  like  a  Flock, 
throughout  the  Wildernefs. 

53.  He  led  them  on,  and  in  their  Way 
no  Caufe  of  Fear  they  found  ; 

But  march'd  fecurely  through  thofe  Deeps, 
in  which  their  Foes  were  drown'd. 

54.  Nor  ceas'd  his  Care  till  .them  He  brought 
fafe  to  his  promis'd  Land, 

And  to  his  holy  Mount,  the  Prize 
of  his  vi(ftorious  Hand. 

55.  To  them  the  out-call  Heathen's  Land 
He  did  by  Lot  divide  ; 

And  in  their  Foes  abandon'd  Tents, 
made  J/'rePs  Tf ibes  refide. 

— ^  P  J  RT 


\ 


PSALM   Ixxviii.  141 

PART    IIT. 

56.  Yet  flill  they  tempted,  ftill  provoked 
the  Wrath  of  God  moll  High  ; 

Nor  would  to  pradife  his  Commands 
their  ftubborn  Hearts  apply  : 

57.  But  in  their  taithlefs  Father's  Steps 
perverfely  chofe  to  go  : 

They  tuin'd  afide,  like  Arrows  ihot 
from  Tome  deceitful  Bow. 

58.  For  Him  to  Fury  they  provok'd 
with  Altars  fet  on  high  ; 

And  with  their  graven  Images 
inflam'd  his  Jea.loufy. 

59.  When  God  heard  this,  on  Ij'rW^  Tribes 
his  Wrath  and  Hatred  fell  ; 

60.  He  quitted  Shiloh,  and  the  Tents 
where  once  he  chofe  to  dwell. 

61.  To  vile  Captivity  his  Ark, 
his  Glory  to  Difdain, 

62.  His  People  to  the  Sword  He  gave, 
nor  would  his  Wrath  reftrain. 

ti.  Deftrudive  War  their  ablell  Youth 

untimely  did  confound  ; 
No  Virgin  was  to  th'  Altar  led, 

with  nuptial  Garlands  crovvn'd. 

•64.  In  Fight  the  Sacrificer  fell, 

the  Prieft  a  Viaim  bled  ; 
And  Widows  who  their  Death  (hould  mourn, 

themfe'vcs  of  Grief  w^re  dead. 
6^.  Then  as  a  Giant  rouz'd  from  Sleep, 

whom  Wine  had  throughly  warm'd. 
Shouts  out  aloud  ;  the  Lord  awak'd, 

and  his  proud  Foe  alarm'd. 

te.  He 


142       PSALM  Ixxviii,  Ixxlx. 

66.  He  fmote  tiieir  Hoft,  that  from  the  Field 

a  fcatter'd  Remnant  came, 
With  Wounds  imprinted  on  their  Backs 

of  everlalHng  8hame. 
6-/.  WithConqueils  crown'd.  He  Jo/ephhTtnts^ 

2nd  Ephraim\  Tiibe  forfook  ; 
68.  But  Judah  chofe,  and  Sion'^  Mount 

for  his  lov'd  Dwelling  took. 

6^.  His  Temple  He  eredled  there, 

with  Spires  exalted  high  : 
While  deep  and  fix'd  as  that  of  Earth, 

the  ilrong  Foundations  lie. 

70.  His  faithful  Servant  Da^vid  tooy 
He  for  his  Choice  did  own. 

And  from  the  Sheepfolds  him  advanced 
to  fit  on  Jiidah'&  Throne. 

71.  From  tending  on  the  teeming  Ewesj 
He  brought  him  forth  to  feed 

His  own  Inheritance,  the  Tribes 
of  i/rVs  cholen  Seed. 

72.  Exalted  thus,  the  Monarch  prov'd 
a  faithful  Shepherd  ftill  ; 

He  fed  them  with  an  upright  Heart, 
and  guided  them  with  Skill. 

P  S  J  L  M   LXXIX. 

I   T>EHOLD,  O  God,  how  heathen  Hofts 

J3     hsve  thy  Pofreffion  feiz'd  ! 
Thy  facred  Houfe  they  have  defil'd, 

thy  holy  City  raz'd  ! 
2.  The  mangled  Bodies  of  thy  Saints, 

abroad  unburied  lay  ; 
Their  Fiefli  expos'd  fo  favage  Beafls, 
aad  rav'nous  Birds  of  Prey. 

3.  Quite 


PSALM  Ixxlx.  14^ 

3^  Quite  thro'  Jeruflem  was  their  Blooi 

like  common  Water  fhed  ; 
And  none  ware  left  alive  to  pay 

lall  Datieb  to  the  Dead. 

4.  The  neighboring  Lands  our  fmall  Remains 

with  loud  Reproaches  wound  ; 
And  we  a  laughing  Stock  are  made 
to  all  the  Nations  round. 

5.  How  long  wilt  Thou  be  angry.  Lord, 

mull  we  for  ever  mourn  ? 
Shall  thy  devouring  jealous  Rage, 
like  Fire  for  ever  burn  ? 

6.  On  foreign  Lands  that  know  not  Thee,, 
thy  heavy  Vengeance  (how'r  ; 

Thofe  fmful  Kingdoms  let  it  cruih, 
that  have  not  own'd  thy  Pow'r. 

7.  For  their  devouring  Jaws  have  prey'd 

on  Jacobs  chofen  Race  ; 
And  to  a  barren  Defart  turn'd 
their  fruitful  Dwelling-place, 

8.  O  think  not  on  our  former  Sins, 
but  fpeedily  prevent 

The  utter  Ruin  of  thy  Saint?, 
almcll  with  Sorrow  fpent. 

9.  Thou  God  of  our  Salvation,  help, 
and  free  our  Souls  from  Blame  ; 

So  fh;ll  our  Pardon  and  Defence 
^        exalt  thy  glorious  Name. 
■10.  Let  Infidels,  that  kofting  fay, 

"  where  is  the  God  they  boalt  ?" 
In  Vengeance  for  thy  iiaughter'd  S.iints, 
perceive  Thee  to  their  Coft. 

II.  Lord 


144        PSALM    Ixxix,  Ixxx, 

11.  Lord,  hear  the  fighing  Prisoner  Moans, 
thy  faving  Pow'r  extend  ; 

Preferve  the  Wretches  doom'd  to  die, 
from  that  untimely  End. 

12.  On  them,  who  u§  oppiefs,  let  all 
our  SufPrings  be  repaid  ; 

Make  their  Confufion  feven  times  more 
than  what  on  us  they  laid. 

t$'  So  we  thy  People  and  thy  Flock, 

fhall  ever  praife  thy  Name  ; 
And  with  glad  Hearts  our  grateful  Thanks 
from  Age  to  Age  proclaim. 

PSALM  LXXX. 
I    r^  I/r'el's  Shepherd,  Jofephh  Guide, 

V_/  Our  Pray'rs  to  thee  vouch fafe  to  hear  % 
Thou  that  do'ft  on  the  Cherubs  ride, 
Again  in  folemn  State  appear. 

2.  Behold  how  Benjamin  expefls. 
With  Ephraim  and  M.,naJJeh  join'd, 
Jh  our  Deliv'rance,  the  Effefts 
Ofthy  refiUlefs  Strength  to  find. 

3.  Do  thou  convert  us.  Lord,  do  Thou 
The  Luftre  of  thy  Face  difplay ; 

And  all  the  Ills  we  fuifer  now. 

Like  fcatter'd  Clouds  fnall  pafs  away. 

4.  O  Thou,  whom  heav'nly  Hofls  obey. 
How-  long  fhall  thy  fierce  Anger  burn  ? 
How  long  thy  fufi-'ring  People  pray, 
And  to  their  Pray'rs  have  no  Return  ^ 

5.  When  hungry,  we  are  forc'd  to  drench 
Our  fcanty  Food  in  Floods  of  Woe  ; 
When  dry,  our  raging  Thirll  we  quench 
With  Streams  of  Tears  that  largely  flow. 

6.  For 


PSALM    iicxx.  ,143 

6.  For  us  the  heathen  Nations  round, 
As  for  a  common  Prey,  conteft  : 
Oar  Foes  with  fpiteful  Joy  abound^ 
And  at  our  loft  Condition  ]ei\. 

7.  Do  Thou  convert  us.  Lord,  do  Thou 
The  Luftre  of  thy  Face  difplay. 

And  all  the  Ills  we  fuffer  now. 
Like  fcatter'd  Clouds  ihall  pals  away. 

~      PART  II: 

8.  I'hou  brought*fta  Vine  from  E^'pi's  Land; 
And  cafting  out  the  heathen  Race, 

Didft  plant  it  with  thine  own  right  Hand, 
And  firmly  fix'd  it  in  their  Place. 

9.  Before 'it  Thou  prepar'dft  the  Way, 
And  mad'll  it  take  a  lading  Root, 
Which,  blefs'd  with  thy  indulgent  Ray, 
O'er  all  the  Land  did  widely  flioot. 

10.  II.  The  Hills  were  coverM  wiih  its  Shade, 
Its  goodly  Boughs  did  Cedars  feem  : 

Its  Branches  to  the  Sea  were  fpread, 
And  reach'd  to  proud  Euphrates  Stream. 

12.  Why  then  haft  Thou  its  Hedge  o'erthrowK, 
Which  Thou  haft  made  fo  firm  and  ftrong  ? 
Whilft  all  its  Grapes,  defencelefsgnpwn. 

Are  pluck'd  by  thofe  that  pafs  along. 

13.  See  how  the  briftling  foreft  Boar 
With  dreadful  Fur}'  lays  it  wafte  : 
Hark  !  how  the  favage  Monfters  roar, 
And  to  their  helplefs  Prey  make  hafte. 

PART    IlL 

14.  To  Thee,  O  God  of  Hofts,  we  pray 
Thy  wonted  Goodnefs,  Lord,  renew  ; 

G  Fioni 


^4^        PSALM  Ixxx,  Ixxxi. 

Prom  Heaven  thy  Throne  this  Vine  furvey. 
And  her  fad  State  with  Pity  view. 

15.  Behold  the  Vineyard,  made  by  Thee, 
Which  thy  right  Hand  did  guard  fo  long  ; 
And  keep  that  Branch  from  Danger  free, 
Which  foi-thyfelf  thou  mad'll  fo  ftrong. 

16.  To  wafting  Flames' 'tis  made  a  Prey, 
And  all  its  fpreading  Boughs  cut  down  ; 
At  thy  Rebuke  they  foon  decay. 

And  perifh  at  thy  dreadful  Frown. 

1 7.  Crown  Thou  the  King  with  good  Succefs, 
By  thy  right  Hand  fecur'd  from  Wrong  : 
The  Son  of  Man  in  Mercy  blefs. 

Whom  for  thyfelf  Thou  mad'il  fo  ftrong. 

18.  So  Ihall  we  ftill  continue  free. 
From  whatfoe'er  deferves  thy  Blame  ; 
And  if  once  more  reviv'd  by  Thee, 
Will  always  praife  thy  holy  Name. 

19.  Do  Thou  convert  us,  Lord,  do  Thou 
The  Luftre  of  thy  Face  difplay. 

And  all  the  Ills  we  fufter  now. 
Like  fcatter'd  Clouds  ftiall  pafs  away 

PSALM    LXXXI. 

I   /TpO  God,  our  never-failing  Strength, 

J^  with  loud  Applaufes  fing  : 

And  jointly  make  a  chearful  Noife 

to  Jacob's  awful  King. 
2.  Compofe  a  Hymn  of  Praife,  and  touch    ■' 

your  Inllruments  of  Joy  ; 
Let  Pfalteries  and  pler.fant  Harps, 
your  grateful  Skill  employ. 

3.  Let 


PSALM  Ixxxi.  147 

3.  Let  Tmmpets  at  the  great  new  Moon 
their  joy  fu.1  Voices  raife, 

To  celebrate  th'  appointed  Time, 
the  folemn  Day  of  Praife. 

4.  For  this  a  Statute  was  of  old, 
which  Jacob's  God  decreed. 

To  be  with  pious  Care  obferv'd 
by  IjVei's  chofew'Seed. 

5.  This  H<e  for  a  Memofial  fix'd, 
when  freed  from  Egypth  Land  ; 

Strange  Nations  barb'rous  Speech  we  heard, 
but  could  not  underftand. 

6.  Your  burthen'd  Shoulders  I  rcliev'd, 

(thus  feem'd  our  God  to  fay) 
Your  fervile  Hands  by  Me  were  freed 
from  laboring  in  the  Cla.y. 

7.  Your  Ariceftors,  with  Wrongs  opprefs'd, 

to  Me  fof  Aid  did  call : 
With  Pity  I  their  SufF'rings  faw, 

and  fet  them  free  from  all. 
They  fought  for  me,  and  from  the  Cloud 

in  Thunder  I  reply'd  : 
At  A/fr/^^Z^'s  contentious  Stream 

their  Faith  and  Duty  try'd, 

PART    II. 

8.  While  I  my  folemn  Will  declare, 
my  chofen  People,  hear  : 

If  thou,  O  //>V,  to  my  Words 
wilt  lend  thy  Hfl'ning  Ear  ; 

9.  Then  fhail  no  God  befidcs  mylelf 

within  tiiy  Coalls  be  found  : 
Nor  fhalt  thou  worfhip  any  God 
of  all  the  Nations  round. 

G  2  iQ.  The 


143       PSALM  Ixxxi,  IxxxiL 

1 0.  The  Lord  thy  God  am- 1,  who  thee 
brought  forth  from  Esj^pt's  Land  : 

'Tis  I,  that  all  thy  juft  Defires 
Aipply  with  lib'ral  Hand. 

11.  But  they,  my  chofen  Race  refus'd 
to  hearken  to  my  Voice  ; 

Nor  would  rebellious  I/r'ePs  Sons 
make  me  their  happy  Choice. 

2  2.  So  I  provok'd,  refign'd  them  up, 

to  ev'ry  Lull  a  Prey  ; 
And  in  their  own  perverfe  Defigns 

permitted  them  to  Uray. 
i^.  O  that  my  People  wifely  would 
my  juft  Commandments  heed  ! 
And  J/r'elm  my  righteous  Ways 

with  pious  Care  proceed  !  .,,...•: 

14.  Then  fhould  my  heavy  Judgments  faO." 
on  all  that  them  oppole  ; 

And  my  avenging  Hand  be  turned 
againft  their  numerous  Foes. 

15.  Their  Enemies  and  mine  fhould  all 
before  my  Footftool  bend  : 

But  as  for  them,  their  happy  State 
Ihould  never  know  an  End. 

16.  All  Parts  with  Plenty  fhould  abound  ; 
with  fineft  Wheat  their  Field  : 

The  barren  Rocks,  to  pleafe  their  Tafle, 
ihould  rich  eft  Honey  yield. 

PSALM    LXXXn. 
I    y'^OD  in  the  great  AfTembly  ftands, 

VJT  where  his  impartial  Eye      , 
In  State  furveys  the  earthly  Gods, , 
and  dees  their  Judgments  try. 

2,  7,.  How 


PSALM    Ixxxli,  Ixxxiii.       149 

2,   3.  How  dare  ye  then  unjuftly  judge, 

or  be  to  Sinners  kind  ? 
Defend  the  Orphans,  and  the  Poor  : 

let   fuch  your  Juftice  find. 

^.  Protedl  the  humble  helplefs  Man, 

reduc'd  to  deep  Dilhefs, 
And  let  not  him  become  a  Prey 

to  fuch  as  v/ould  opprefs. 

5.  They  neither  know,  nor  will  they  learn^ 

but  blindly  rove  and  ftray  : 
Juftice  and  Truth,  the  World's  Support, 
thro'  all  the  Land  decay. 

6.  Well  then  might  God  in  Anger  fay, 
"  I've  caird  you  by  my  Name  : 

**  I've  faid  y'are  Gods,  the  Sons  and  Heirs 
of  my  immortal  Fame  ; 

7.  **  But  ne'erthelefs  your  unjufl  Deeds 

"  to  flria  Account  I'll  call  : 
"  You  all  ihall  die  like  common  Men, 
**  like  other  Tyrants  fall." 

S.   Arife,  and  ;hyjuil:  Judgments,  Lord, 

throughout  the  Earth  difplay  ; 
And  all   the    Nations  of  the  World 
fhall  own  thy  righteous  Swav. 

P  S  A  L  M     LXXXIII. 
1    TTOLD  not  thy  Peace,  O  Lord  our  GoJ, 

XJ.     ^0  longer  filent  be  ; 
Nor  with  confenting  quiet  Looks 

our  Ruin  calmly  fee  1 
-2.  For  lo  !  the  Tumults  of  thy'Foes 

o'er  all  the  Land  are  fpresd  ; 
And  they,  which  hate  thy  Saints  and  Thee, 
lift  up  their  threatning  Head. 

G  3  3.   Againll 


150  P  S  A  L  M  Ixxx'ii. 

3.  Agalnft  thy  zealous  People,  Lord, 
they  cnfcily  combine  ; 

And  to  dellroy  thy  chofen  Saints 
have  laid  their.  clofeDeiign. 

4.  *'  Corrje  let  us  cut  theniofT.  fay  they^ 
*' their   Nation '  quite  deface  ; 

♦*  That  no  Remembrance  may  remain 
"  oUjVers  hated  Race." 

5.  Thjus  they  ag,ainfl  thy  People's  Peace 
confult  with  one  C6nfent  : 

And  difF'riflg  Nations  jointly  leagu'd 

their  common  Malice  Vent. ^ 
■6.  The  IJhvi elites  that  dwell  in  Tents, 

with  warlike  Edom,]QixCA  ,;       < 
And  Moab's  Sens  our  Ruin  vow, 

\yith  iiif^ji^cr's  Race  combin'd, 

7.  Proud'  Ammotii  OiFspring,  Qebal  too 
with  j7/ia/ekconfpuQ  : 

The  Lords  of  Falejiine^  and  all 
the  wealthy  Sons  oi  Tjre. 

8.  All  thefe  the  llrong  AJyrian  King 

their  firm  Ally  have  got  ; 

Who  with  a  pow'rful  Ai my  aids 

th'  incelluous  Race  of  Let. 

P  A  R  T    Ih 

9.  Bat  let  fuch  Vengeance  come  to  them, 

as  or.C-  to  Midian  came  ; 
To  "Jabin  and  proud  Sijera, 
,  at  Kijhons  fatal  Stream. 

10.  ^Vhen  thy  rig!;t  Hand  their  num'rou?  Hofls 
near  Endcr  did  confound. 

And  left  their  Carcafes  for  Dung 
to  feed  the  hungry  Ground. 

!!,    L&t, 


PSALM  Ixxxiii,  Ixxxiv.       151 

1 1.  Let  all  their  mighty  Men  the  Fate 
of  Zeh  and  Oreb  fliare  : 

As  Zeha  and  Zalmunnah,  fo 
let  all  their  Princes  fare. 

12.  Who,  with  the  fame  Defje:n  infpir'd, 
thus  vainly  boalling  fpake, 

**  In  firm  PolTeffion  for  ourfelves 
♦*  let  us  God's  Houfes  take." 

23.  To  Ruin  let  them  hafte,  like  Wheels 

which  downward  fwiftly  move  : 
Like  Chaff  before  the  Winds,  let  all 

their  fcatter'd  Forces  prove. 
14,  15.  AsFlames  confiirae  dry  Wood  or  Heathy 

that  on  parch'd  Mountains  grows. 
So  let  thy  fierce  purfuing  V/rath 

with  Terror  ftrikc  thy  Foes. 

J 6,  17.  Lord,  fliroud  their  Faces  with  Difgrace, 

that  they  may  own  thy  Name  : 
Or  them  confound,  whofc  haraen'd  Hearts 

thy  gentler  Means  difclairn. 
18.  So  Ihall  th**  woiij'ring  World  ccnfefs 

that  thou,  who  ciaim'll:  alone 
Jehovah's  Name,  o'er  all  the  Earth 

hail  rais'd  thy  lofty  Throne, 

PSALM    LXXXIV. 

I    /^  GOD  of  Holls,  the  mighty  Lord, 
\J     how  lovely  is  the  Place, 
Where  Thou,  enthron'd  in  Glory,  ihevv'ft 

the  Brightnefs  of  thy  Face  I 
2.  My  longing  Soul  faints  with  Defire, 

to  view  thy  bleft  Abode  : 
My  panting  Heart  and  Fiefli  cry  out 
for  Thee  the  living  God. 

G  4  5.  The 


1^2  PSALM  Ixxxiv, 

3.  The  Eirds,  moie  happy  far  thaa  I, 

around  thy  Temple  throng  ; 

■  Securely  there  they  build,  and  there 

fecurely  hatch  their  Young. 

4.  O  Lord  of  Hofts,  my  King  and  God, 
how  highly  biell  are  they^ 

Who  in  thy  Temple  always  dwell, 
and  there  thy  -Praife  difplay  ! 

5.  Thrice  happy  they,  whofe  Choice  has  Thee 

their  fure  Protection  made. 

Who  long  to  ti-ead  the  facred  Ways 

that  to  thy  Dwelling  lead  ! 

6.  Who  pafs  thro*  Baca's  thirfty  Vale, 
yet  no  Refrelhment  want  : 

Their  Pools  are  ^ll'd  with  Rain,  which  Thou 
at  their  Requeft  doll  grant. 

7.  Thus  they  proceed  fromStrength  to  Strengths 

and  flill  approach  more  near  ; 
*Till  all  on  Sion's  holy  Mount 
b;  fore  their  God  appear. 

8.  O  Lord,  the  mighty  God  of  Hofts, 
niyjuit  ReqiieiiS  regard  ! 

Thou  God  o.t.  Jaco^ylti  my  Prayer 
be  liiil  wiik  Favour  heard  ; 

9.  Behold,  O  God,  for  Thou  alone 
can'it  timely  Aid  difpenfc  : 

On  thy  anointed  Servant  look, 

be  Thou  his  itrong  Defence. 
-TO.  For  in  thy  Courts  one  fmgle  Day 

His  better  to*fettend. 
Then,  Lord,  in  any  Place  befides   - 
-a  ihouiand  Days  to  fpend, 

Muc'n 


PSALM  Ixxxiv,  Ixxxv.       15 

Much  rather  in  God's  Houfe  will  I 

the  meaneft  OfEce  take. 
Than  in  the  wealthy  Tents  of  Sin 

my  pompous  Dwelling  make. 

11.  For  God,  who  is  our  Sun  and  Shield, . 
will  Grace  and  Glory  give  ; 

And  no  good  Thing  will  he  with-hold 
from  them  that  juftly  live. 

12.  Thou  God,  whom  heavenly  Hofts  obey, 
how  highly  bleft  is  he, 

Whofe  Hope  and  Truft,  fecurely  plac'd, 

is  Hill  repos'd  on  Thee  ! 

PSALM    LXXXV. 
1    T    OR  D,  Thou  haft  granted  to  thy  Land, 

I  J     the  Favcmrs  we  implor'd. 
And  faithful  Jaccb''^  captive  Race 

moft  gracioufly  reftor'd. 
2,  3.  Thy  People's  Sins  thou  haft  abfolv'd, 

and  all  their- Guilt  defac'd  : 
Thou  haft  not  let  thy  Wrath  flame  on, 

nor  thy  fierce  Anger  laft. 

4.  O  God  our  Saviour,  all  our  Hearts 

to  thy  Obedience  turn  ; 
That,  kindled  by  our  former  Sins, 
thy  Wrath  no  more  may  burn. 

5,  6.  For  why  fhould'ft  thou  be  angry  ftill;, 
and  Wrath  fo  long  retain  ? 

Revive  us.  Lord,  and  let  thy  Saints 
thy  wonted  Comfort  gain. 

7.  Thy  gracious  Favour  Lord,  difplay, 
which  we  have  long  implor'd  ; 

And  for  thy  wond'rous  Mercy's  fake, 
thy  wonted  Aid  afford. 

G  5  8.  God'a 


1 54     PSALM  Ixxxv,  Ixxxvi, 

8.  God's  Anfwer  patiently  I'll  wait ; 
for  he  with  glad  Succefs, 

(If  they  no  more  to  Folly  turn) 
his  mourning  Saints  will  blefs. 

9.  To  all  that  fear  his  holy  Names 
his  fu  re 'Sal  ration's  near ; 

And  in  its  former  happy  State 
our  Nation  fnall  appear. 

10.  For  Mercy  now  with  Truth  is  joined  s 
and  Righteoufnefs  wih  Peace, 

Like  kind  Companions  abfent  long, 
with  friendly  Arm^  embrace. 

11.  12.  Truth  from  the  Earth  fhall  Tpring,  whilft 
Hial]  Streams  of  Juflice  pour;  [Heav*a 

And  Geo,  from  whom  all  Goodnefs  flows,    ,• 

fliaJiendlefs  Plenty  fnovv'r. 
13.  Before 'Him  Righteoufnefs  ihall  march, 

and  his  juft  Paths  prepare  ; 
Whilli  we  his  holy  Steps  purfue 

with  conftant  Zeal  and  Care. 

PSALM    LXXXVT. 
I   '  j  ^O  my  Complaint,  O  Lord  my  Godj 

JL        thy   gracious  Ear  incline  ', 
Hear  me,  diftrefs'd,  and  dellitute 

of  ail  Relief  but  thine  ; 
2.  Do  Thou,  O  God,  preferve  my  Soul, 

th.:t  does  thy  Name  adore  :' 
Thy  Servant  keep,  and-  him,  jtvhofe  Truft 

relies  on  Thee,  lellore.    ..'  ■■;■... 

'^o  mQ, -who  daily  Thee Jnyoke^ 
thy  ^lercy.  Lord,  extend  '; 
4.  Rf  fi  efh-thy  Servant's  Soul,  v/hofe  Hapes 
on  Theeaione  depend. 

5.  Tho^a 


PSALM  Ixxxvi.  155 

5.  Thou,  Lord,  art  good,  not  only  good, 

but  pron-'pt  to  pardon  too  : 
Of  plenteous  Mercy  (o  siU  thofe^ 
who  for  thy  Mercy  fue. 

6.  To  my  repeated  humble  Pray'r, 
O  Lord,  attentive  be  : 

7.  When  troubled,  Ion  Thee ^vill  call, 
for  Thou  v^  ilt  anfwer  me. 

8.  Among  the  Gods  there's  none  like  Thee, 
O  Lord,  alone  divine  ! 

To  Tliee  as  much  inferior  they, 
as  are  their  Works  to  thine. 

9.  Therefore  their  great  Creator,  Thee, 

the  Nations  (hall  adore  ; 
Their  long  mifguided  Pray'rs  and  Praiie 
to  thv  blell  Name  reftore. 

10.  All  fhall  confefs  Thee  great,  and  great 
the  Wonders  Thou  haft  done  ; 

Confefs  Thee  God,  Thee  God  fupreme, 
confefs  Thee  God  alone. 
PART  II. 

11.  Teach  me  thy  Way,  O  Lord,  and  I 
from  Truth  (liall  ne'er  depart  ; 

In  Rev'rence  to  thy  facred  Name 
devoutly  fix  my  Heart. 

12.  Thee  will  I  praife,  O  Lord  my  God, 
praife  Thee  with  Heart  fincere  : 

And  to  thy  everlalHng  Name 
eternal  Trophies  rear. 

13.  Thy  boundlefs  Mercy  fhewn  to  me, 
tranfcends  my  Pow'r  to  tell. 

For  Thou  haft  oft  redeem'd  my  Soul 
from  loweft  Depths  of  Hell. 

14,0 


i^)6     P  S  A  L  M  Ixxxvi,  Ixxxvii. 

J4.  O  God,  the  Sons  of  Pride  and  Strife 

have  my  Deftrudion  fought, 
Re^ardlefs  of  thy  Pow'r,  that  oft 

has  my  Deliv'rance  wrought  : 

15.  Sut  Thou  thy  conftant  Goodnefs  didfi: 

to  my  Aififlance  bring  ; 
Of  Patience,  Mercy,  and  of  Truth, 

thou  everlafiing  Spring  ! 
i6»  O  bounteous  Lord,  thy  Grace  and  Strength 

to  me,  thy  Servant  fhow  ; 
Thy  kind  Proteftion,  Lord,  on  me, 

thine  Handmaid*s  Son  beftow. 

17.  Some  Signal  give,  which  my  proud  Foes 

may  fee  with  Shame  and  Rage, 
When  Thou,  O  Lord,  for  my  Relief 
and  Comfort  doll  enoage. 

P  S  J  L  M^  LXXXVIL 
!    ^"^  OD's  Temple  crowns  the  holy  Mount  5 
%^JJ  The  Lord  there  condefeends  to  dwells 

2.  His  Sion's  Gates  in  his  Account, 

Our  Ijr'ePs  faheil  Tents  excel. 

3.  Fame  glorious  Things  of  Thee  fhall  fing, 

O  City  qI  ih'  almighty  King  ! 

4.  I'll  mention  Rahah  with  due  Praife, 
In  Babylon^  Applaufes  join, 

The  FamerJf  Ethiopia  raife, 

With  that  oiTyre  and  Paleftine  ; 

And  grant,  that  feme,  amongil  them  born. 
Their  Age  and  Country  did  adorn. 

5.  Bat  fdllof5/«>»ril  aver, 

That  many  fuch  from  her  proceed  ; 
Th'  Almighty  fnall  eftablifh  her. 

6.  His  genValXill  Ihall  fliewi  when  read. 

That 


P  S  A  LJVI  Ixxxvii,  Ixxxviii.     157 

That  fuch  a  Perfon  there  was  born. 
And  fuch  did  fuch  an  Age  adorn. 

7.  He'll  Slo7i  find  with  Numbers  filled 

Of  fuch  as  merit  hi?h  Renown  ; 
For  Hand  and  Voice  MuJicians  ikill'd, 

AnA  (her  tranfcending  Fame  to  crown) 
Of  fuch  fhe  fhall  SucCeffions  bring 
Like  Waters  from  a  living  Spring. 

PSALM  LXXXVIH. 
I   ^TT^O  Thee,  my  God  and  Saviour,  I 

X        By  Day  and  Night  addrefs  my  Cry  : 

2.  Vouchfafe  my  mournful  Voice  to  hear, 
To  my  Diftrefs  incline  thine  Ear  : 

3.  For  Seas  of  Trouble  me  invade, - 

My  Soul  draws  nigh  to  Death's  cold  Shade. 

4.  Like  one  whofe  Strength  and  Hopes.are  fled. 
They  number  me  among  the  Dead. 

5.  Like  thofe,  who  flirouded  in  the  Grave, 
From  Thee  no  more  Remembrance  have  ; 

6.  Caft  off  from  thy  fullaining  Care, 
Down  to  the  Confines  of  D'fpair. 

7.  Thy  Wrath  has  hard  upon  me  lain, 
AfRicling  me  with  relllefs  Pain  : 

Me  all  thy  mountain  Waves  have  preft. 
Too  weak,  alas  !  to  bear  the  leall. 

S.  Remov'd  from  Friends  I  figh  alone. 
In  a  loath'd  Dungeon  laid,  where  none 
A  Vifit  will  vouchfafe  to  me, 
Conha'd,  pad  Hopes  of  Liberty. 
9.  My  Eyes  from  weeping  never  ceafe. 
They  ^valle,  but  llili  my  Griefs  increafe  ; 
Yet  daily.  Lord,  to  Thee  I've  pray'd, 
With  out-Hretch'd  Hands  invokM  thy  Aid. 

10.  Wile 


75^    PSALM  Ixxxvlii,  Ixxxix. 

10.  Wilt  Thou  by  Miracle  revn^e 

The  Dead,  whom  Thou  forrnok'ft  alive  ? 
From  Death  reftore  thv  Praife  to  fing, 
Whom  Thou  from  Prifon  would'ft  n^^t  bring  ? 

11.  Shall  the  m.ute  Grave  thy  Love  confefs  ? 
A  mould'nng  Tomb  thv  Fairhfulnefs  ? 

12.  Thy  Truth  and  Power  Reno    n  obtain, 
"Where  Darknefs  and  Oblivion  reign  ? 

13  To  Thee,  O  Lord,  T  cry,  forlorn  ; 
My  Pray'r  prevents  thf^  early  Morn. 

14.  Why  ha  ft  Thou,  Lord,  my  SopI  forfook. 
Nor  once  vouchfaf  d  a  gracious  Look  ^ 

15.  Prevailing  Sorrows  bear  me  down, 
Which  from  my  Youth  with  me  have  grown  , 
Thy  Terrors  pall  dillraft  my  Mind, 

And  Fears  of  blacker  Days  behind. 

16.  Thy  Wrath  haft  burft  upon  my  Head, 
Thy  Terrors  fill  my  Soul  with  Dread  ; 

17.  Environ'd  as  with  Waves  combin'd. 
And  for  a  general  Deluge  joinM. 

18.  My  Lovers,  Friends,  Familiars,  all 
Remov'd  from  Sight,  and  out  of  Call  | 
To  drk  Oblivion  ill  retir'd. 

Dead,  or  at  leaft  to  me  e-xpir'd. 

P  S  J  L  M    LXXXIX. 

-I  'T^HY  Mercies,  Lord,  ftiall  be  my  Song, 
X        My  Song  on  them  fhall  ever  dwell  j 
To  Ages  yet  unborn,  my  Tongue 
Thy  never-failing  Truth  ftiall  tell. 
j2.  I  have  affirm'd  and  ftill  maintain. 
Thy  Mercy  ftiall  for  ever  laft  ; 
Thy  Truth  that  does  the  Heav'ns  fuftain, 
.Like  them  Ihail  ftand  for  ever  faft. 

3,  ThvkS 


PSA  L  M*   Ixxxix.  159 

3.  Thus  fpak'ft  Thou  by  thy  Prophet's  Voice  ; 
*'  With  Da'vid  I  a  League  have  made  ; 

<*  To  him,  my  Servant,  and  my  Choice, 
*'  By  folemn  Oath  this  Grant  convey'd  ; 

4.  '<  While  Earth,  and  Sea?,  and  Skies  endure, 
*'  Thy  Seed  fhall  in  my  Sight  remain  ; 

«*  To  them  thy  Tongue  I  will  enfure, 
«<  They  fhall  to  eadlefs  Ages  reign." 

5.  For  fuck  ftupendous  Truth  and  Love-, 
Both  Heav'n  and  Earth  juil  Praifes  owe. 
By  Choirs  of  Angf  Is  fung  above. 

And  by  aflembled  Saints  below. 

6.  What  Seaph  of  cclellial  Birth 
To  vie  with  Ijrelh  God  fhall  dare  ? 
Or  who  among  the  Gods  of  Earth, 
With  our  almighty  Lord  compare  ? 

7.  With  Rev'rence  and  religious  Dread, 
His  Saints  fhould  to  his  Temple  prefs  ; 

His  Fear  ihro*  all  their  Hearts  fhould  fpread, 
Who  his  almighty  Name  confefs. 

8.  Lord  God  of  Armies,  vyho  can  boafl 

Of  Strength  or  Pow'r,'  like  thine  renowri'd  ? 

Of  fuch  a  num'ious  faithful  Hofl, 

As  that  which  does  thy  Throne  furround  ? 

p.  Thou  dofl  the  lawlefs  Sea  controul. 
And  change  the  Profped:  of  the  Deep  ; 
Thou  ma'  'fl  the  fleeping  Billows  roll. 
Thou  mak'ft  the  rolling  Billows  fleep. 
10    Thou  brak'll  jn  pieces  RahaPs  Pride, 
And  did'll  opprefTing  Pow'r  difarm  : 
Thy  fcatterM  Foes  have  dearly  try'd 
The  Force  of  tliy  reufllefs  Arm, 

21.  In 


s6o  PSALM  Ixxxix. 

M.  In  Thee  the  fov'relgn  Right  remains  ^ 

Of  Earth  and  Heav'n  ;  Thee,  Lord,  alone        ^[ 
The  World  and  all  that  it  contains,  \^ 

Their  Maker  and  Preferver  own^ 
rz.  The  Poles  on  which  the  Globe  does  reft,. 
Were  form'd.by  thy  creating  Voice  ? 
Taior  !ind  Herman  Ea.ii  and  Weft, 
In  thy  Aiftaining  Pow'r  rejoice. 

13.  Thy  Arm  is  mighty,  ftrong  thy  Handj» 
Yet,  Lord,  I'hou  doll  with  Juftice  reign  ; 

14.  PofTeft  of  abfolute  Command, 
Thou  Truth  and  Mercy  doft  maintain. 

15.  Happy,  thrice  ha'ppy  they,  who  hear 
Thy  facred  Trumpet's  joyful  Sound  ; 
Who  may  at  Fellivals  appear. 

With  thy  mofV  glorious  Prefence  crowned. 

16.  Thy  Saints  fhall  always  be  o'erjoy'd, 
Whp  on  thy  facred  Name  rely  ; 

And,  in  thy  Righteoufnefs  employ'd. 
Above  their  Foes  be  rais'd  on  high. 

17.  For  in  thy  Strength  they  Ihall  advance,. 
Whofe  Conquefts  from  thy  P'avour  fpring. 

18.  The  Lord  of  H  ^fts  is  our  Defence, 
Andj^^'V/'s'Godour  //?•  V/'s  Kitig. 

19.  Thus  fpak'ft  Thou  by  thy  Prophet's  Voice, 
*<  A  mighty  Champion  I  will  fend. 

"  Frornjui/ab's  Tribe  have  I  made  Choice 
•«  Ofone  who  iliall  the  reft  defe:*.d. 

20.  "^My  Servant  David  I  have  fouild, 
**  With  holy 'Oil  anointed  him  ; 

.  2 1 .  *<  Him^fhall  the  Hand  fupport  that  crownM^ 
-«1  And  guard  that  gave  the  Diadem. 

22.  "No 


PSALM   Ixxxix.  i6i 

:22.  *<  No  Prince  from  him  (hall  Tribute  force, 
«'  No  Son  of  Strife  (hall  him  annoy  ; 

23.  "  His  fpiteful  Fbes  I  will  dlfperfe, 
*'  And  them  before  his  Face  deftroy. 

24.  "  My  Truth  and  Grace  fliall  him  fuflain  ; 
*'  His  Armies,  in  well  order'd  Ranks, 

25.  "  Shall  conquer,  from  the  Tyrian  Main 
**  To  Tigris  and  Euphrates  Banks. 

26.  "  Me  for  his  Father  he  ihall  take, 
*'  His  God  and  R^ck  of  Safety  call  ; 

2-].   "  Him  I  my  iiril-born  Son  will  make, 
«'   And  earthly  Kings  his  Subjeds  all. 
28.  **  To  him  my  Mercy  I'll  fecure, 
'<  My  Coy'nant  make  for  ever  fall. 
20.   **  His  Seed  for  ever  Ihall  endure, 
"His  Throne,  till  H.eav'n  diflblve,  fhall  lad. 

P  J  R  T    11.^ 

30.  **  But  if  his  Heirs  my  Lawforfake, 
*'  And  from  my  facred  Precepts  iiray  ; 

31.  '*  If  they  my  righteous  Statutes  break, 
*'  Nor  llricily  my  Commands  obey  ; 

32.  *'  Their  Sins  I'll  vifit  with  a  Rod, 

*'  And  for  their  Folly  make  them  fmart  ;, 

33.  ''  Yet  will  not  ceafe  to  be  their  God, 
**  Nor  from  my  Truth,  like  them,  depart. 

34.  "  My  Cov'nant  I  will  ne'er  revoke, 
*'  But  in  Remembrance  faft  retain  ; 

'  **  The  Thing,  that  once  my  Lips  have  fpoke, 
**  Shall  in  eternal  Force  remain. 

35.  *'  Once  have  I  fworn,  but  once  for  all, 
"   And  made  my  Holintfs  the  Tie, 

**  That  I  my  Grant  will  ne'er  recall, 
**  Nor  to  my  Servant  Davi^^  lie. 

36.  "  Whofe 


1 62  PSALM  Ixxxix. 

56.  "  Whofe  Throne  and  Race  the  conftant  Sun 
*'  Siiall,  like  his  Courfe,  eflablifh'd  fee  : 

37.  "  Of  this  my  Oath,  thou  confcious  Moon> 
**  In  Heav'n  my  faithful  Witnefs  be.'* 

38.  Such  was  thy  gracious  Promife,  Lord, 
But  Thou  haft  now  our  Tribes  forfook. 
Thy  own  Anointed  haft  abhorr'd. 

And  turu'd  on  him  thy  wrathful  Look. 

39.  Thou  feemeft  to  have  render'd  void 
The  Covenant  with  thy  Servant  made. 
Thou  haft  his  Dignity  deftroy'd. 

And  in  the  Duft  his  Honour  laid. 

40.  Of  ftrong  Holds  Thou  haft  him  bereft. 
And  brought  his  Bulwarks  to  decay  ; 

4.1.  His  frontier  Coafts  defencelefs  left, 
A  public  Scorn,  and  common  Prey.     , 

42.  His  Ruin  does  glad  Triumphs  yield 
To  Foes  adv.nc'd  by  Thee  to  Might ; 

43.  Thou  haft  his  conqu'ring  Sword  unfteePd, 
His  Valour  turn'd  to  fhameful  Flight. 

44.  His  Glory  is  to  Darknefs  fled. 

His  Throne  is  levell'd  with  the  Ground  : 

45.  His  Youth  to  wretched  Bondage  led, 
With  Sham-e  o'erwhelm'd  and  Sorrow  drown'd. 

46.  How  long  fhall  we  thy  Abfence  mourn  ? 
Wilt  Thou  for  ever,  Lord,  retire  r 

Shall  thy  confuming  Anger  burn 
'Till  that  and  we  at  once  expire  ? 

47.  Confider,  Lord,  how  ftiort  a  Space 
Thou  -J  oft  for  mortal  Li^e  ordain  ;  ' 
No  Method  to  prolong  the  Race, 

Bat  loading  it  with  Grief  and  Pain. 

4.8.  What 


PSALM    Ixxxix,  xc.         163 

48.  What  Man  is  he  that  can^  controul 
Death's  Itritft  unalterable  Doom  ? 

Or  refcue  from  the  Grave  his  Soul, 
The  Grave  that  muft  Mankind  entomb  ? 

49.  Lord,  whereas  thy  Love,  thy  boundlefs 
The^Oath  to  which  thy  Truth  did  feal,  [Grace, 
Confign'd  to  David  and  his  Race, 

The  Grant  which  Time  fhoa'd  ne'er  repeal? 

50.  See  how  thy  Servants  treated  are 

With  Infamy,  Reproach  and  Spite  ; 
Which  in  my  filent  Breail  I  bear  ; 
From  Nations  of  licentious  Might. 

51.  How  they,  reproaching  thy  great  Name, 
Have  made  thy  Servant's  Hope  their  Jell : 

52.  Yet  thy  juft  Praifes  we'll  proclaim, 
And  ever  fmg.  The  Lord  be  bleji, 

Ame7iy    Ametti 
P  S  A  L  M    XC. 
I    /^  LORD,  the  Saviour  and  Defence 

V^       of  us  thy  chofen  Race, 
From  Age  to  Age  Thou  ftill  halt  been 
our  fure  abiding  Place. 

2.  Before  Thou  brought'lt  the  Mountains  forth, 
or  th'  Earth  and  World  didft  frame. 

Thou  always  wert  the  mighty  God, 
and  ever  art  the  faiie  : 

3.  Thou  turned  Man,  O  Lord,  to  Duft, 
of  which  he  firft  was  made  ; 

And  when  Thou  fpeak'ft  the  Word,  Return, 
'tis  inftantly  obcy'd. 

4.  For  in  thy  Sigiit  a  thoufand  Years 

are  like  a  Da/  chat's  pait. 
Of  like  a  Watch  in  Dead  of  Night, 
whofe  Hours  unminded  walle. 

c.  Tho« 


1^4  PSALM  xc. 

5.  Thou  ffveep'ft  us  off  as  with  a  Flood, 
we.vanifh  hence  like  Dreams ; 

At  lirft  we  grow  like  Grafs  that  feels 
the  Sun's  reviving  Beams  : 

6.  But  howfoever  freih  and  fa?r, 
its  Morning  Beauty  fliows  ; 

*Tis  all  cut  down  and  wither'd  quite 
before  the  Evening  clofe. 

7.  8.  We  by  thine  Anger  are  confum*d, 
and  by  thy  Wrath  difmay'd  ; 

Our  publick  Crimes  and  fecret  Sins 
before  thy  Sight  are  laid- 

9.  Beneath  thy  Anger's  fad  Effeils 

our  drooping  Days  we  fpend  ; 
Our  unregarded  Years  break  off, 
like  Tales  that  quickly  end. 

10.  Our  T'crm  of  Time  is  feventy  Years, 
an  Age  that  few  furvive  : 

But  if,  with  m.cre  than  common  Strength, 

to  eighty  we  arrive  ; 
Yet  then  our  boalled  Strength  decays, 

Jo  Sorrow  turn'd  and  Pain  : 
So  foon  the  (lender  Thread  is  cut, 
and  we  no  more  remain. 

FART  II. 

11.  But  who  thy  Anger's  dread  Effefls 
does,  as  he  ought,  revere  ? 

And  yet  thy  Wrath  does  faUorrife, 
as  more  or  lefs  we  fear. 

12.  So  teach  us,  Lord,  th'  uncertain  Sum 
of  our  fhort  Days  to  mind, 

That  to  true  Wifdom  all  our  Hearts 
may  ever  beinciin'd. 


13.  O 


PSALM   xc,  xci.  165 

13.0  to- thy  Servants,  Lord,  return, 

and  fpee'dily  relent ! 
As  we  of  ourMifdeeds,  do  Thou 

of  our  juft  Doom  repent. 
14.  To  fatisfy  and  chearour  Souls, 

thy  early  Mercy  fend  ; 
That  we  may  all  our  Days  .to  come, 

in  Joyand  Gom-fort  fpend. 

rJh^HrLet  h:aj>j)y  Times  wltji  large  Amends 

dry  up  our  former  Tears, 
Or  equal  at  the  leail  the  Term 

of  o  ir  aiRi<^ed  Years. 

16.  To  all  thy  Servants,  Lord,  let  this 
thy  wond'rous  Work  be  known. 

And  to  our  Offspring  yet  unborn, 
thy  glorious  Poyv'jr  he  Ihown. 

17.  Let  thy  bright  Rays  upon  us  Ihine, 
give  liiou  our  Woi  k  Succefs  ; 

The  glorious  Work  we  have  in  Hand 
do  Thou  voachfafe  to  blefs. 

P  S  A  L  M    XCL 
I    T  TE  that  has  God  his  Guardian  made, 
X  X    Shall,  under  the  Almighty's:Shade, , 
Secure  and  undifturb'd  abide. 

2.  Thus  to  my  Soul,  of  Him  I'll  fay. 
He  is  my  Fortrefs  and  my  Stay, 

My  God  in  whom  1  will  confide. 

3.  His  tender  Love  and  watchful  Care 
Shall  free  thee  from  the  Fowler's  Snare, 

And  from  the  noifomePeiUlence  : 

4.  He  over  thee  his  Wings  Ihall  fpread. 
And  cover  thy  unguarded  Head  ; 

His  Truth  ihall  be  thy  llrong  Defence. 

5.  No 


i66  PSALM  xcL 

5.  No  Teitdrs  that  l^nr^jrize  by  Night, 
Shall  thy  undaunted  Co'urapre  fright. 

Nor  deadly  Shafts  that  fly  by  Day  ; 

6.  Nor  Plague,  of  unknown  Rife,  that^kilb 
In  Darknefs,  norinfedlious  Ills 

That  in  the  hottell  Seafon  flay. 

7.  A  Thoufand  at  thy  Side  fhall  die. 
At  thy  right  Hand  tc  n  thoufand  lie, 

While  thy  Arm  Health  untouch'd  remains^: 

8.  Thou  only  fhalt.look  on 'and  kt 
The  wicked's  fad  CatalVrophe,  <    " 

Andcount  the  Sinners  mournful  Gains. 

9.  Becaufe  ( with  well-plac'd  Confidence) 
Thou  mak'iitheLord^thyfure  Defence,  • 

And  on  the  Higheft  do*ft  rely  ; 

10.  Therefore  no  111  fliall  thee  befal. 
Nor  to  thy  healthful  Dwelling  Ihall 

Any  infedlious  Plague  draw  nigh. 

11.  For  He  throughout  thy  happy  Days, 

To  keep  thee  fafe  in  all  thy  Ways, 

Shall  give  his  Angels  ftri6l  Commands  ; 

12.  And  they,  left  thou  ihould'ft  chance  to. meet 
With  fome  rough  Stone  to  wound  thy  Feet, 

Shall  bear  thee  fhi'ely  in  their  Hands. 

13.  Dragons  arid  Afps  that  thirft  for  Blood, 
And  Lions  roaring  for  their  Food, 

Beneath  his  conqu'ring  Feet  ihall  lie. 

14.  Becaufe  he  lov'd  and  honour'd  Me, 
Therefore  (fays  God)  I'll  fet  him  free. 

And  fix  his  glorious  Throne  on  high. 

15.  He'll  call  ;  I'll  anfwer  when  he  calls, 
And  refcue  him  when  111  b^fals  j  Increafe; 


PSALM  xci,  xcii.  167 

Incre'afe  His  Honour  and  his  Wealth  : 
16.  And  when,  with  undifturb^d  Content, 
His  long  and  happy  Life  is  fpent. 

His  End  I'll  crown  with  f^iving  Health, 
PSALM    XCII. 
I    TJOW  good  and  pleafant  niuft'it  be 
Xx        to  thank  the  Lord  moft  high  ; 
And  with  repeated  Hymns  of  Praife,"; 
his  Name  to  magnify. 

2.  With  ev'ry  Morning's  early  Dawn, 
his  Goodnefs  to  relate  ; 

And  of  his  conllant  Truth,  each  Night 
the  glad  EfFefts  repeat. 

3.  To  ten  ftringM  Inilruments  we'll  iing, 
with  tuneful  Pfalt'ries  join'd. 

And  to  the  Harp,  with  folemn  Sounds 
for  facred  Ufe  defign'd. ,  ' 

4.  For  thro'  thy  wondrous  Works,  O  Lord, 
Thou  mak'll  my  Heart  rejoice  ; 

The  Thoughts  of  them  fhall  make  me  glad, 
and  Ihout  with  chearful  Voice. 

5.  6.  How  wond'rous  are  thy  Works,  Q  Lojrd  If 

how  deep  are  thy  Decrees  !  ,  i:  .;, 
Whofe  winding  Tracks,  in  fecret  laid,  - 
no  llupid  Sinner  fees. 

7.  He  little  thinks,  when  wicked  Men, 
like  Grafs,  look  frefh  and  gay  ; 

How  foon  their  Ihort-liv'd  Splendor  mufl 
for  ever  pafs  away. 

8,  9.  But  Thou,  my  God,  art  flill  mofl  High  ; 

and  all  thy  lofty  Foes, 
Who  thought  they  might  fecurely  fin, 
fhall  be  o'erwheim'd  with  Woes.  ' 

10.  Whim 


i6S         PSALM  xcii,  xciii. 

10.  Whllft  Tfeou  exalt'ft  my  fovVeign  PowV, 
and  mak'll  it  largely  fpread  ; 

And  with  refrefhing  Oil  anoint'll 
my  conTecrated  Head. 

1 1 .  I  foon  Ihall  fee  my  ftubborn  Foes 
to  utter  Ruin  brought  ; 

And  hear  the  difmal  End  of  thofe, 
who  have  againft  me  fought. 

12.  But  righteous  Men,  like  fruitful  Palms,. 
Ihall  make  a  glorious  Show  ; 

'is  Cedars  that  on  Lebanon 
in  llately  Order  grow. 

13.  14.  Thefe,  planted  in  the  Houfe  of  God,, 
within  his  Courts  ihall  thrive  ; 

Their  Vigour 'and  their  Lullre  both. 

iliall  in  old  Age  revive. 
15.  Thus  will  the  Lord  his  Juftice  fhew ; 

and  God,  my  ftrong  Defence, 
Shall  due  Rewards  to  all  the  World 

impartially  difpenfe. 

'PSALM    XCIII. 
1  X  T  rlTH  Glory  clad,  withStrength  array'd,. 

VV     The  Lord,  that  o'er  all  Nature  reigns. 
The  World*s  FoundationsHrongly  laid. 
And  the  vaft  Fabrick  ftill  fuftains. 

2.  How  furely  ftablifh'd  is  thy  Throne  !     • 
Which  fhall  no  Change  or  Period  fee  ; 
For  Thou,  O  Lord,  and  Thou  alone 

Art  God  from  all  Eternity. 

3,  4.  The  Floods,  O  Lord,  lift  up  their  Voice, 
And  tofs  the  troubled  Waves  on  high  ; 

But  God  above  can  ftill  their  Noife, 
And  make  the  angry  Sea  comply. 

5-  Thy 


PSALM  xciii,  xciv.        169 

5.  Thy  Promife,  Lord,  is  ever  fure. 
And  they,  that  in  thy  Houfe  would  dwell. 
That  happy  Station  to  fecure. 
Mull  Hill  in  Holinefs  excel. 

PSALM    XCIV. 
«,   y^  GOD,  to  whom  Revenge  belongs* 
2.   \J     thy  Vengeance  now  difctofe  ; 
Arife,  thou  Judge  of  all  the  Earth, 

and  crulh  thy  haughty  Foes. 
3  ,  4.  How  long,  O  Lord,  ihall  finful  Men 

their  folemn   Triumphs  make  ? 
How  long  their  wicked  Adions  boaft, 

and  infolently  fpeak  i 

5,  6.  Not  only  they  thy  Saints  opprefs, 

but  unprovok'd,  they  ipill 
The  Widow's  and  the  Stranger's  Blood, 

and  helplefs  Orphans  kill. 
•J,  ''  And  yet  the  Lord  ilial)  ne'er  perceive, 

(prophanely  thus  they  fpeak) 
**  Norary  Notice  of  our  Deeds 

"  the  Godof'Jacoif  take.'* 

S.  At  length,  ye  fVupid  Fools,  your  Wantc 

endeavour  10  difcern  : 
In  Folly  will  you  Hill  proceed, 

and  Wifdom  never  learn  ? 
9.   10.   Can  He  be  deaf  who  form'd  the  Ear, 

or  blind  who  fram'd  the  Eye  ? 
^hall  Earth's  great  Judge  not  punilh  thofe, 

who  his  known  Will  defy  ? 

!  I.  He  fathoms  all  the  Thoughts  of  Men, 

to  Him  their  Hearts  lie  bare  ; 
His  Eye  furveys  them  all,  and  fees 

how  vain  their  Counfels  are. 

•        H  PJRT 


170  PSALM    xciv. 

PART   II- 
12.  Bleft  is  the  Man  whom  Thou,  O  Lord, 

in  Kindnefs  doft  challife, 
And  by  thy  iacred  Rules  to  walk 

do'ft  lovingly  advife. 
i3.  This  Man  Ihall  Reft  and  Safety  find 

in  Seafons  of  Diftrefs  : 
WhiJil  God  prepares  a  Pit  for  thofe, 

that  ftubbornly  tranfgrefs. 

14.  For  God  will  never  from  his  Saints 
his  Favour  wholly  take  : 

His  ovv'n  Po/Ieffion  and  his  Lot, 
he  will  not  quite  forfake. 

15.  The  World  ihall  then  confefs  Thee  juft 
in  all  that  Thou  haft  done  ; 

And  thofe  that  chufe  thy  upright  Ways, 
ihall  in  ihofe  Paths  go  on. 

16.  Who  will,  appear  in  my  Behalf, 
(when  wicked  Men  invade) 

Or  who,  when  Sinners  would  opprefs, 
my  righteous  Caufe  ihall  plead  ? 

17.  18,  19.  Long  fincc  had  I  in  Silence  flept, 
but  that  the  Lord  was  near, 

To  ftay  me  v/hen  I  ilipt  ;  when  fad, 
my  troubled  Heart  to  chear. 

20.  Wilt  Thou,  who  art  a  God  moft  juft, 

their  iinful  Throne  fuftain, 
Who  make  the  Law  a  fair  Pretence 

their  wicked  Ends  to  gain  ? 
SI.  Againft  the  Lives  of  righteous  Men 

they  form  their  clofe  Deiign  ; 
And  Blood  of  Innocents  to  fpill, 
in  folemn  League  combine. 

•      22.  But 


PSALM   xciv,  xcv.  171 

22.  But  my  Defence  is  firmly  placM 
ill  God  the  Lord  moft  high  : 

He  is  my  Rock,  to  which  I  may 
for  Refuge  always  fly. 

23.  The  Lord  fliall  caufe  their  ill  Deligns 
on  their  own  Heads  to  fall  : 

He  in  their  Sins  ihall  cut  them  off, 
our  God  ihall  flay  them  al,l. 

PSALM  XCV. 

I    /^  Come,  loud  Anthems  let  us  fing, 

\_y  Loud  Thanks  to  our  almighty  King 
For  we  our  Voices  high  fhould  raife. 
When  our  Salvation's  Rock  we  praile. 

2.  Into  his  Preferxe  let  us  hafie, 
To  thank  Him  for  his  Favours  pafl  ; 
To  Him  addrefs  in  joyful  Songs, 
I'he  Praife  that  to  his  Name  belongs. 

3.  For  God  the  Lord,  enthron*d  in  State, 
is,  with  uniivalM  Glory,  great  : 

A  King  fuperior  far  to  all, 
Whom  by  his  Title  God  we  call. 

4.  The  Depths  of  Earth  are  in  his  Hand, 
Her  fecret  Wealth  at  his  Command  ; 

The  Strength  of  Hills,  that  threat  the  Skies, 
Subjefted  to  his  Empire  lies. 

>t.  The  rolling  Oceania  vaft  Abyfs 
By  the  fame  fov'reign  Right  is  his  : 
"Tis  mov'd  by  his  almighty  Hand, 
That  form'd  and  fix'd  the  folid  Land. 
6.  O  let  us  to  his  Courts  repair. 
And  bow  with  Adoration  there  : 
Down  on  our  Knees  devoutly  all 
Before  the  Lord  our  Maker  fall. 

Hz  7.  Fo: 


172        PSALM  xcv,  xcvh 

7.  For  He's  our  God,  our  Shepherd  He, 
His  Flock  and  Pafture  Sheep  are  we. 

If  then  you'll  (like  his  Flock)  draw  near. 
To-day  if  you  his  Voice  will  hear, 

8.  Let  not  your  harden'd  Hearts   renew 
Your  Fathers  Crimes  and  Judgments  too  ; 
Nor  here  provoke  my  Wrath,  as  they* 
In  defart  Plains  of  Meribah. 

5.  When  thro'  the  Wildernefs  they  mov'd. 
And  Me  with  frefli  Temptations  prov'd  : 
They  Hill,  through  Unbelief,  rebell'd. 
While  they  my  wond'rous   Works  beheld. 
10,  II.  They  forty  Years  my  Patience  griev'd, 
Tho'  daily  I  their  Wants  reJiev'd. 

Then 'Tis  a  faithlefs  Racf-,  I  faid, 

Whofe  Heart  from  Me  has  always  ftray'd  ; 

They  ne'er  will  tread  my  righteous  Path  ; 
Therefore  to  them,  in  fettled  Wrath, 
Since  they  defpis'd  my  Reft,  I  fw are, 
That  they  ihould  never  enter  there, 
P  S  A'L  M    XCVI. 
1    ^ING  to  the  Lord  a  new-made  Song  ; 
i5  Let  Earth  in  one  afTemblcd  Throng, 
Her  common  Patron's  Praife  refound. 

2.  Sing  to  the  Lord,  and  blefs  his  Name, 
From  Day  to  Day  hi^  Praife  proclaim, 

Who  us  has 'with  Salvation  crown'd. 

3.  To  heathen  Lands  his  Fame  rehearfe. 
His  Vv^onders  to  the  Univerfe. 

4.  ll^^s  great  and  greatly  to  be  praisM  ; 
.In  MajeiTy  and  Glory  rais'd 

Above  ail  other  Deities. 
For  Pageantry  and  Idols  all 


PSALM    xcvi,  xcvii.        ,173 

Are  they  whom  Gods  the  Heathen  call  : 
^         He  only  rales  who  made  the  Skies. 
;   6.  With  Majefty  and  Honour  crown'd, 
■   Beauty  and  Strength  his  Throne  furround  j 

I  ■^.  Be  therefore  both  to  Him  reflor*d 
'    By  you,  who  have  falie  Gods  ador'd, 
Afcribe  due  Honour  to  his  Name  ; 
8.  Peace-Cff'rings  on  his  Altar  lay,,- 
Before  his  Throne  your  Homage  pay. 

Which  He,  and  He  alone  can  claim. 
Q.    To  worfhip  at  his  facred  Court, 
Let  all  the  trembling  World  refort. 

10.  Proclaim  aloud,  Jeho-oah  reigns, 
Whofe  Power  the  Univerfe  full^dns, 

And  baniili'd  Juflice  will  reftore. 
J 1 .  Let  therefore  Heav'n  new  Joys  cor.fei^,. 
And  heav'nly  Mirth  let  Earth  e.-'^prefs, 

Its  loud  Applaufe  the  Ocean  loar  ; 
Irs  mute  Inhabitants  rtjoice, 
And  for  this  Triumph  find  a  Voice. 

12.  For  Joy  let  fertile  Vallies  fing, 

The  chearful  Groves  their  Tribute  bring  ; 

The  tuneful  Choir  of  Birds  a^ake, 
i^.  The  Lord's  Approach  to  celebrate. 
Who  now  fets  out  v.  ith  awful  State, 

His  Circuit  through  the  Earth'  to  take. 
From  Heav'n  to  judge  the  World  He's  tofne. 
With  Jailice  to  reward  and  doom. 

PSALM    XCVII. 
I     JEHOVAH  reigns,  let  all  the  Earth 
J      In  his  jufl  Government  rejoice  ;. 
Let  ail  the  Ifles  with  facred  Mirth, 
In  his  Applaufe  unite  their  Voice. 

H  3  2.  Dark. 


174  PSALM    xcvii. 

z.  Darknefs  and  Clouds  of  awful  Shade 
His  dazling  Glory  fhroud  in  State  \ 
Juftice  and  Truth  his  Guards  are  made. 
And  iix'd  by  his  Pavilion  wait. 

3.  Devouring  Fire  before  his  Face 

Hif  Foes  around  with  Vengeance  ftruck  ; 

4.  His  Lightnings  fet  the  World  on  blaze  ; 
Earth  faw  it. and  with  Terror  ihook. 

5.  The  proudeft  Hills  his  Prefence  felt. 
Their  Height  nor  Strength  could  Help  aftbrd, 
The  proudell  Hills  like  Wax  did  melt 

In  Prefence  of  th'  almighty  Lord. 

6.  The  Heav'ns  his  Righteoufnefs  to  fhowi 
With  Storms  of  Fire  our  Foes  purfuM, 
And  all  the  trembling  World  belovv, 
Have  his  defcending  Glory  viewed. 

7.  Confounded  be  their  impious  Hoft, 
Who  make  the  Gods  to  whom  they  pray  ; 
All  who  of  Pageant  Idols  boaft  ; 

To  Him,  ye  Gods,  your  Worfhip  pay. 

8.  Glad  Zion  of  thy  Triumph  heard. 
And  J'udaJys  Daughters  were  o'erjoy'd  ; 
Becaufe  thy  righteous  Judgments,  Lord, 
Have  pagan  Pride  and  Pow'r  deflroy'd. 
.9.  For  thou,  O  God,  art  feated  higjh. 
Above  Earth's  Potentates  enthroned  : 
Thou,  Lord,  unrival'd  in  the  Sky, 
Supreme  by  all  the  Gods  art  own'd, 

I  o.  You,  who  to  ferve  this  Lord  afpire. 
Abhor  what's  111,  and  Truth  eileem  : 
He'll  keep  his  Servants  Souls  entire, 
And  them  from  wicked  Hands  redeem. 


II,  For 


PSALM  xcvii,  xcviii.        175 

1 1.  For  Seeds  are  fown  of  glorious  Light, 
A  future  Harveft  for  the  Juft  ; 

And  Gladncfs  for  the  Heart  upright, 
To  recompenfe  its  pious  Truft. 

12.  Rejoice,  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord; 
Memorials  of  his  Holinefs, 

Derep  in  your  faichful  Breails  record, 
And  with  your  thankful  Tongues  confefs. 

PSALM  xcvin. 

1    QING  to  the  Lord  a  new-made  Sonj^, 
1^     who  wondrous  Tilings  hns  done  : 
With  his  right  Hand  and  holy  Arm^ 

the  Conqueil  he  has  won. 
a.  The  Lord  has  through  th*  a{loniflii*d  World 

dii^lay'd  his  faving  Mighr, 
And  made  his  righteous  Atls  appear 

in  all  the  Heathens  Sight. 

5.  OlljVeVi  Houfe  his  Lov«  and  Truth 

have  ever  mindful  been  ; 
Wide  Earth's  remoteft  Partii  the  Pow'r 

of  7yrV/*j  God  have  fecn. 

4.  Let    therefore  Earth's  Irhabitants 
their  chearful  Voices  ruife, 

And  all  with  univerfal  Joy 

rcfound  their  Maker's  Praife. 

5.  With  Harps  and  Hymns  foft  Melody 
into  the  Confort  bring, 

6.  The  Trumpet  and  flirill  Cornet's  Sound 
before  th'  almighty  King. 

7.  Let  the  loud  Ocean  roar  her  Joy, 
with  all  that  Seas  contain  ; 

The  Earth  and  her  Inhabitants 
join  Confort  with  the  Main. 

H  4  8.  With 


176       PSALM  xcviii,  xcix." 

8.  With  Joy  let  Riv'lets  fwell  to  Streams, 

to  rpreaciing  Torients  they  ; 
And  ecchoirg  Vales,  from  Hill  to  Hill, 

redoubled  SJiouts  convey  ; 
9.  To  welcome  down  tlie  World's  great  Judge, 

who  does  with  Juftice  come. 
And  with  impartial  Equity, 
'  both  to  reward  and  doom. 

PSALM    XCIX. 

I     TEHOYxAH  reigns,  let  therefore  all 

^'     the  guilty  Nations  quake  ; 
On  Cherubs  Wings  He  fits  enthron'd  ; 

let  Earth's  Foundations  Ih  ke. 
z.  On  Sion^s  Hi!l  He  keeps  his  Court, 

his  Palace  makes  her  Tow'rs  ; 
Yet  thence  his  Sov'reignty  extends 

fuprem.e  o'er  earthly  Pow'rs. 

3.  Let  therefore  all  with  Praife  addrefs 
his  great  and  dreadful  Name, 

And  with  Kis  unrefiiled  Might 
his  Holinefs  proclaim. 

4.  For  Truth  and  Juftice,  in  his  Reign, 

of  Strength  and  Pow'r  take  place  : 
His  Judgments  are  with  Righteoufnefs 
difpens'd  to  Jacob's  Race. 

^.  Therefore  exalt  the  Lord  our  God, 

before  his  Footllool  fall  ; 
And  with  his  unrefifled  Might, 

his  Holinefs  extol.    .  "* 

6.  Mojes  and  Aarcn  thus  of  old, 

amongft  his  Priefts  ador'd  ; 
Amongft  his  Prophets  iia?nuel  thus 

hia  iacred  Name  implor'd  : 

Diftrefs'd, 


P  S  A  L  M   xcix,  c.  177 

Diftrefs'd,  upon  the  Lord  they  call'd, 

who  ne'er  their  Suit  deny'd  ; 
But,  as  with  Rev'rence  they  implor'd, 

He  graciqufly   reply'd. 

7.  For  with  their  Camp,  to  guide  their  March, 

the  cloudy  Pillar  mov'd  : 
They  kept  his  Laws,  and  to  his  Will 
obedient  Servants  proved* 

8.  He  anfwer'd  them,  forgiving  oft 
his  People  for  their  Sake  ; 

And  thofe,  who  rafhly  them  opposed 
did  fad  Examples  make. 

9.  With  Worfhip  at  his  facred  Courts 
exalt  our  God  and  Lord  ; 

For  He,  who  o/ily  holy  is, 
alone  fhould  be  ador'd. 

PSALM    C. 

1.  T  T  7ITH  one  Confent  let  all  the  Earthy 

2.  W     To  God  their  chearful  Voices  raife  2 
Glad  Homage  pay  with  awful  Mirth, 

And  fing  before  him  Songs  of  Praife. 

3.  Convinc'd  that  He  is  God  alone, 
From  whom  both  we  and  all  proceed  ; 
We,  whom  He  chufes  for  his  own, 
The  Flock  which  He  vouchfafes  to  feed. 

4.  O  enter,  then  his  Temple  Gate. 
Thence  to  his  Courts  devoutly  prefs. 
And  Hill  your  grateful  Hymns  repeat. 
And  ilill  his  Name  with  Praifes  blefs. 

5.  For  He's  the  Lord  fupremely  good,  , 
His  Mercy  is  for  ever  {\irQ  ;  j 
His  I'ruth,  which  all  times  firmly  ilocd,  i 
To  endlefs  Ages  ihall  endure.                                  1 

H  5  PSALM    I 

t 


178  PSALM    ci,  cil.  I 

PSALM    CI. 
1    /^P  Mercy's  never- failing  Spring, 

\J  And  ftedfaft  Judement  I  will  fing  ; 
And  fince  they  both  to  Thee  belong, 
To  Thee,  O  Lord,  addrefs  my  Song. 

2.  When,  Lord,  Thou  flialt  with  me  refide. 
Wife  Difcipline  my  Reign  Ihall  guide  ; 
With  biamelefs  Life  myfelf  I'll  make 

A  Pattern  for  my  Court  to  take. 

3.  No  ill  Defign  will  J  purfue. 

Nor  thofe  my  Fav'rites  make  that  do. 
4..  Who  to  Reproof  has  no  Regard, 
Him  will  I  totally  difcard. 

5.  The  private  Slanderer  ftiall  be 
In  publick  JulHce  doom'd  by  me  : 
From  haughty  Looks  I'll  turn  afide. 
And  morcify  the  Heart  of  Pride. 

6.  But  Honefty,  call'd  from  her  Cell, 
In  Splendor  at  my  Court  fliall  dwell  : 
Who  Virtue's  Pra6lice  make  their  Care, 
Shall  have  the  firft  Preferments  there. 

7.  No  Politicks  (ball  recommend 
His  Cour.tries  Foe  to  be  my  Friend  : 
None  e're  Ihall  to  my  Favour  rife 
By  flatt'ring  or  malicious  Lies. 

8.  All  thofe  who  wicked  Courfes  take. 
An  early  Sacrifice  I'll  make  ; 

Cut  oif,  deftroy,  'till  none  remain 
God's  holy  City  to  prophane. 

P  S  J  L  M  CIT.  ^ 
1  "^  T  7  HEN  I  pour  out  my  Soul  in  Pray'r 

VV      <iO'  Thou,  O  Lord,  attend  ; 
To  thy  eternal  Throne  of  Grace 

let  my  fad  Cry  afcend.  ?•  O 


PSALM  cii.  179 

2.  O  hide  not  Thou  thy  glorious  Face 
in  Times  of  deep  Dillrefs  : 

Incline  thine  Ear,  and  when  J  call, 
my  Sorrows  foon  redrefs. 

3.  Each  cloudy  Portion  of  my  Life 

like  fcatter'd  Smoke  expires ; 
My  fhrivel'd  Bones  are  like  a  Hearth, 
that's  parch'd  with  con flant  Fires. 

4.  My  Heart,  like  Grafs  that  feels  the  Elafl 
of  fome  infeflious  Wind, 

Does  languifh  (o  with  Grief,  that  fcarce 
my  needful  Food  I  mind. 

5.  Bv  reafon  of  my  fad  Eftate 

I  fpend  my  Breath  in  Groans  ; 
My  Flefh  is  worn  away,  my  Skin 
fcarce  hides  my  flarting  Bones, 

6.  I'm  like  a  Pelican  become, 

that  does  in  Defarts  mourn  : 
Or  like  an  Owl  that  fits  all  Day 
on  barren  Trees  forlorn. 

7.  In  Watchings  or  in  reftlefs  Dreams 
the  Night  by  me  is  fpent. 

As  by  thofe  folitary  Birds,   , 
that  lonefome  Roofs  frequent. 

8.  All  Day  by  railing  Foes  I'm  made 

the  Subjeft  of  their  Scorn  ; 
Who  all  pofTefs'd  with  furious  Rage,  ' 
have  my  Dellrudlion  fworn. 

9.  When  grov'Iing  on  the  Ground  I  lie, 
opprefs'd  with  Grief  and  Fears, 

My  Bread  is  ftrew'd  with  A  flies  o'er. 
My  Drink  is  mix'd  with  Tears. 

10.  Bccaui^ 


i8o  PSALM    cli. 

10.  Becaufe  on  me  with  double  Weight 
thy  heavy  Wrath  d()th  lie  : 

For  Thou,  to  make  my  Fall  more  great, 
didft  lift  me  up  on  high. 

11.  My  Days  jull  haft'ning  to  their  End, 
are  like  an  Ev'ning  Shade  : 

My  Beauty  does,  like  wither'd  Grafs, 

-with  waning  Luftre  fade. 
J 2.  But  thy  eternal  State,  O  Lord, 

no  Length  of  Time  lliall  wafte  : 
The  Mem'ry  of  thy  wond'rous  Works 

from  Age  to  Age  fhall  laft. 

13.  Thou  (halt  arife,  and  Sion  view 
with  an  unclouded  Face  : 

For  now  her  Time  is  come,  thy  own 
appointed  Day  of  Grace. 

14.  Her  fcatter'd  Ruins  by  thy  Saints 
with  Pity  are  furvey'd   : 

They  grieve  to  fee  her  lofty  Spires 
in  Duft  and  Rubbiih  laid. 

315,  16.  The  Name  and  Glory  of  the  Lord 

all  heathen  Kings  iliall  fear  ; 
When  He  fhall  Sion  build  again, 

and  in  ful!  State  appear. 
17,   18.  When  He  regards  the  Poor's  Requeft^ 

nor  flights  their  earneft  Pray'r  ; 
Our  Sons  for  this  recorded  Grace, 

fliall  his  juil  Praife  declare. 

19.  For  God  from  his  Abode  on  high, 

his  gracious  Beams  difplay'd  ; 
The  Lord,  from  Heav'n,.his  lofty  Throne, 

hath  ail  the  Earth  furvey'd. 

zo.  He 


PSALM    cii.  j8i 

20.  He  liften*d  to  the  Captives  Moans, 
He  heard  their  mournful  Ciy, 

And  freed,  by  his  refiillefs  Pow'r, 
the  Wretches  doom'd  to  die. 

21.  That  they  in  Sion^  where  He  dwells, 
might  celebrate  his  Fame, 

And  through  the  holy  City  fing 

loud  Praifes  to  his  Name. 
2  2.  When  all  the  Tribes  alTembling  there, 

their  folemn  Vows  addrefs, 
And  neighb'ring  Lands  with  glad  Confent, 

the  Lord  their  God  confefs. 

23.  But  e'er  my  Race  is  run,  my  Strength 

through  his  fierce  Wrath  decays  ; 
He  has,  when  all  my  Wifhes  bloom'd, 

cut  fhort  my  hopeful  Days. 
24..   Lord,  end  not  Thou  my  Life,  faid  I, 

when  half  is  fcarcely  paft  : 
Thy  Years  from  worldly  Changes  free, 

to  endlefs  Ages  lalt. 

25.  The  ftrong  Foundations  of  the  Earth 
of  old  by  Thee  were  laid  ; 

Thy  Hands  the  beauteous  Arch  of  Heav'n 
wich  wond'rous  Skill  have  made  : 

26,  27.  Whilft  Thou  for  ever  fhalt  endure, 
they  foon  fhall  pafs  away  ; 

And  like  a  Garment  often  worn, 
fhali  tamilh  and  decay. 

Like  that,  when  Thou  ordain'ft  their  Change, ' 

to  thy  Command  they   bend  ; 
But  Thou  continu'ft  ftill  the  fame, 

nor  have  thy  Years  an  End, 

28.  Thou 


i82         PSALM    cli,  ciii. 

28.  Thou  to  the  Children  of  thy  Saints* 

fhalt  laftinor  Quiet  give  ; 
Whofe  happy  Race  fecurely  fixM, 

ihall  in  thv  Prefence  live. 

P'  S  J  L  M    CIIL. 

1,  T\ /TY  Soul,  infpir'd  with  facred  Love, 

2,  iVx    God's  holy  Name  for  ever  blefs :     . 
Of  all  his  Favours  mindful  prove, 

And  ftill  thy  grateful  Thanks  exprefs. 

3,  4.  'Tis  He  that  all  thy  Sins  forgives. 
And  after  Sicknefs  makes  thee  found  ; 
From  Danger  He  thy  Life  retrieves. 

By  Him  with  Grace  and  Mercy  cjownM. 

5,  6.  He  with  good  Things  my  Mouth  fupplles. 

My  Vigor,  Eagle-like,  renews  : 

He,  when  the  guiltlefs  SufF'rer  cries. 

His  Foe  with  juil  Revenge  purfues. 

7.  God  made  of  old  his  righteous  Ways 
To  Mcjes  and  our  Fathers  known  ; 

His  Works  to  his  eternal  Praife, 
Were  to  the  Sons  of  Jaco6  fhovvn. 

8.  The  Lord  abounds  with  tender  Love, 
And  unexampled  A £ls  of  Giace  : 

His  waken'd  Wrath  does  flowly  move. 
His  willing  Mercy  flows  apace. 

9.  iG.  God  will  not  always  hardily  chide> . 
But  with  His  Anger  quickly  part  ; 

And  loves  his  Punilhments  to  guide,     ' 
More  by  his  Love  than  our  Defert. 

II.  As  high  as  Heav'n  its  Arch  extends 
Abova  this  little  Spot  of  Clay  : 
So  much  his  bound; efs  Love  tranfcends 
The  fmall  Refpeds  that  we  can  pay. 

12,  13.  As 


PSALM  cili,  civ,  183 

12,  13.  As  far  as  'tis  from  Eaft  to  Weft, 
So  far  has  He  our  Sins  remov'd. 
Who  with  a  Father's  tender  BrerJl 
Has  fuch  as  fear'd  Him  always  lov'd. 

14,  15.    For  God,  who  all  our  Frame  furveys> 

Confiders  that  we  are  but  Clay  : 

How  frefh  fo'er  we  feem,  our  Days 

Like  Grafs  or  Flow'rs  rauft  fade  away  : 

16,  17.  Whilft  they  are  nipt  with  fudden  Blafls, 

Nor  can  we  find  their  former  Place  ; 

God's  faithful  Mercy  ever  lafls, 

To  thofe  that  fear  Him,  and  their  Race. 

18.  This  fhall  attend  on  fuch  as  dill 
Proceed  in  his  appointed  Way  ; 
And  who  not  only  know  his  Will, 
Bnt  to  it  juft  Obedience  pay. 

19,  20.  The  Lord,  the  univerfal  King, 
In  Heav'n  has  fix'd  his  lofty  Throne  : 
To  Him,  ye  Angels,  Praifes  fmg. 

In  whofe  great  Strength  his  Pow'r  is  fhown. 

Ye  that  his  juft  Commands  obey, 
And  hear  and  do  his  facred  Will  : 
21'.  Ye  Hofts  of  his  this  Tribute  pay, 
Who  ftill  what  He  ordains  fulfil. 
22.  Let  ev'ry  Creature  jointly  blefs 
The  mighty  Lord  :   And  ihou,  my  Heart, 
With  grateful  Joy  thy  Thanks  exprefs. 
And  in  this  Confort  bear  thy  Part. 
PSALM    CIV. 
1    "TJLESS  God,  my  Soul  ;  Thou  Lord,  alone 

J3     PoflciTeil  Empire  without  Bounds, 
With  Honour  Thou  art  crown'd,  thy  Throne 
Eternil  Majefty  furrounds. 

2.  With 


i84  PSALM    civ. 

2.  With  Light  Thou  doft  thyfelf  enrobe^ 
And  Glory  for  a  Garment  take  : 
Heavens  Curi'lns  (iretch  beyond  the  Globe, 
Thy  Canopy  of  State  to  make. 

3.  God  bgilds  on  liquid  Air  and  forms 
His  Palace  Chambers  in  the  Skies  ; 
The  Clouds  his  Chariots  are,  and  Storms 
The  fvvift-wing'd  Steeds  wiih  which  he  flies. 

4.  As  bright  a?  Flame,  as  fwift  as  Wind, 
His  Minifters  Heav'n's  Palace  fill, 

To  have  their  fundry  Tafks  afiign'd  : 
All  proud  to  ferve  their  Sovereign's  Will. 

5.  6.  Earth  on  her  Centre  fix'd  He  fet. 
Her  Face  with  Waters  overfpt  ead  ; 
Nor  proudeft  Mountains  dar'd  as  yet. 
To  iiit  above  the  Wav€s  their  Head. 

7.  But  when  thy  awful  Face  appear'd, 
Th'  infulting  Waves  dtfpers'd  ;  they  fled, 
When  once  thy  Thunder's  Voice  they  heard. 
And  by  their  Halle  confefs'd  their  Dread. 

8.  Thence  up  by  fecre^  Tracks  they  creep. 
And  gufhingfrom  the  Mountain's  Side, 
Thro'  Vallies   travel  to  the  Deep, 
Appointed  to  receiv*e  their  Tide. 

9.  There  haft  thou  fix'd  the  Ocean's  Bounds, 
The  threatning  Surges  to  repel  ; 

That  they  no  more  o'erpifs  their  Mounds, 
Nor  to  a  fecond  Deluge  fwell. 

P  J  R  T    II. 

10.  Yet  thence  in  fmaller  Parties  drawn. 
The  Sea  recovers  her  loll:  Hills  ; 

And  liar  ting  Springs  from  ry'ry  Lawn, 
Surprize  the  Vales  with  plenteous  Riils. 

a.  The 


PSALMciv,  3S5 

i  I.  The  B'lelds  tame  Reafts  are  thither  led, 
Weary  with  Labour,  faint  with  Drought  ; 
And  Afles.on.wild  Mountains  bred, 
Have  Senfe  to  find  thefe  Currents  out. 

12.  There  fhady  Trees  from  fcorching  Beams, 
Yield  Shelter  to  the  feather'd. Throng  ; 
They  drink,  and  to  the  bounteous  Streams 
Return  the  Tribute  of  their  Sonj^, 

13.  His  Rainsfrom  Heav'n  parch'dHills  recruit. 
That  foon  tranfmit  the  liquid  Store  ; 

'Till  Earth  is  burthen'd  with  her  Fruit, 
And  Nature's  Lap  can  hold  no  more. 

14.  Grci{s,  for  our  Cattle  to  devour. 
He  makes  the  Growth  of  ev'ry  Field  ; 
Herbs,  for  Man's  Ufe,  of  viirious  PowV, 
That  cither  Food  or  Phylick  yield. 

15.  With  cluiler'd  Grapes  he  crowns  the  Vine, 
To    chear  Man's  Heart  opprcll  with  C.res, 
Gives  Oil  that  makes  his  Face  to  fliine  ; 

And  Corn,  that  wafted  Stren<^th  repairs. 
PART    III, 

16.  The  Trees  of  God,  without  the  Care 
Or  Art  of  Man,  with  Sap  are  fed  ; 
The  Mountain  Cedir  looks  as  fair. 

As  thofe  in  royal  Gardens  bred. 

17.  ^afe  in  the  lofty  Cedar's  Arms 
The  Wand'rers  of  the  Air  may  reft  ; 
The  hofpitable  Pine  from  Harms 
Protects  the  Stork,  her  pious  Guelh 

18.  Wild  Goats  the  craggy  Rock  afcen'i, 
Its  tow'ring  Heights  their  Fortrefs  make, 
Whofe  Cells  in  LabyrintJis  extend. 
Where  feebler  Creatures  Refuge  take. 

19.  The 


i86  PSALM  civ.       - 

1 6.  The  Moon's  inconftant  Afpeft  ihows 
Th'  appointed  Seafons  of  the  Year  ; 
Th'  intruded  Sun  his  Duty  knQws. 
His  Hours  to  rife  and  difappear. 

20,  2 1 .  Darknefs  He  makes  the  Earth  to  fhroud^ 

When  Foreft  Beafrs  fecurely  ftray  ; 

Young  Lions  roar  their  Wants  aloud 

To  Providence  that  fends  them  Prey. 

22.  They  range  all  ^'Jight,  on  Slaughter  bent» 

'Till  fummon'dby  the  rifing  Morn, 

To  jfkulk  in  Dens,  with  one  Confentt 

The  confcious  Kavagers  return. 

'Z%,  Forth  to  the  Tillage  of  his  Soil, 
1  he  Hufljandman  fecurely  goes, 
Commencing  wiih  the  Sunliia  Toil, 
With  him  returns  to  his  Rcpofe. 

24.  How  various,  Lord,  thy  Works  arc  found  ; 
For  which  thy  Wifdom  we  ador^  1 

The  Earth  is  with  ihy  Treafure  crownM, 
'Till  Nature's  Hand  can  grafp  no  more, 
P  J  R  T  lY. 

25.  But  ftill,  thevaft  un^fathom'd  Main 
Of  Wonders  a  new  Scene  fupplies, 
Whofe  Depths  Inhabitants  contain. 
Of  ev'ry  Form  and  tv'ry  Size. 

z6.  Full -freighted  Ships  from  ev'ry  Port, 
There  cut  their  unmolelied  Way  ; 
Levi  at/:;  an  J  whom  there  to  fport 
Thou  mad'll,  has  Compafs  there  to  play. 

27.  Thefe  various  Troops  of  Sea  and  Land, 

In  Senfe  of  common  Want  agree  : 

All  wait  on  thy  difp enling  Hand, 

And  have  their  daily  Alms  from  Thee. 

28.  They 


PSALM    civ,  cv.  187 

28.  They  gather  what  thy  Stores  dirperfe. 
Without  their  Trouble  to  provide  : 
Thou  op'il  thy  Hand,  the  Univerfe, 

The  craving  World  is  all  lupply'd. 

29.  Thou  for  a  Moment  hid'ft  thy  F.ice, 
The  numVous  Ranks  of  Creatures  mourn  ; 
Thou  tak'ft  their  Breath,  .11  Nature's  Race 
Forthwith  to  Mother-Earth  return. 

30.  Ao;ain  Thou  ien'dfl  thy  Spirit  forth, 
T'infpire  the  Mafs  with  vital  Seed  j 
Nature'3  rel^or'd,  and  Pargnt-Eanh 
Smiles  on  her  new-created  Hrecd. 

31.  Thus  through  fucceiTive  Ages  ftands 
Firm  fix'd  thy  providantial  Care  } 
Pleas'd  with  the  Work  of  thy  own  HandJ, 
Thou  do:1  the  Wa^les  of  Tims  repair. 

32.  Otie  Look  of  thUe,  one  wrathful  Look, 
Earth's  pantln^  Bread  with  Terror  fills  ; 

One  Touch  from  Thee,  with  Clouis  of  Smoak, 
In  Darknefs  Ihrouds  the  proudeil  Hills. 

33.  In  praifing  God,  while  He  prolongs 
My  Breath,  I  will  that  Breath  employ  ; 

34.  And  join  Devotion  to  my  Songs 
Sincere,  as   in  {lim  is  my  Joy  : 

35.  Willie  Sinners  from  Earth's  Face  are  hurl'd. 
My  Soul,  praife  thou  his  holy  Name, 

*Till  with  my  Song,  the  lilVning  World 
Join  Confort,  and  his  Praife  proclaim. 

P  S  J  L  M     CV. 
1    /^  Render  Thanks  and  blefs  the  Lord  ; 

V^       invoke  his  facred  Name  ; 

Acquaint  the  Nations  with  his  Deeds, 

his  matchlefs  Deeds  proclaim. 

2.  Sing 


i88  PSALM  cv. 

2.  Sing  to  his  Praife,  in  lofty  Hymns 
his  wondrous  Works  rehearfe  ; 

Make  them  the  Theme  of  your  Difcourfe, 
and  Subjed  of  your  Verfe. 

3.  Rejoice  in  his  almighty  Name, 

alone  to  be  ador'd  ; 
And  let  their  Hearts  o'erflow  with  Joy, 
that  humbly  feek  the  Lord. 

4.  Seek  ve  the  Lord^  his  faving  Strength 
devoutly  ftill  implore; 

And  where   He's  ever  prefent,  feek 
his  Face  for  evermore. 

5.  The  Wonders  that  his  Hands  have  wrought, 
keep  thankfully  in  Mind  ; 

The  righteous  Statutes  of  his  Mouth, 
and  Laws  to  us  ailQgn'd. 

6.  Know  ye  his  Servant  Abr*am^%  Seed, 
and  JacoP^  chofen  Race, 

7.  He's  ftill  our  God,  his  Judgments   ftill 
throughout  the  Earth  take  Place. 

8.  His  CovVant  He  hath  kept  in  Mind 

for  num'rous  Ages  pall, 
Which  yet  for  thoufand  Ages  more, 
in  equal  Force  fhall  lail. 

9.  Firll  fign'd  to  Ab'ranh  next  by  Oath 
to  Ijaac  made  fecure  ; 

10.  To  Jacob  and  his  Heirs  a  Law 
forever  to  endure  : 

11.  That  'Canaan  s  Land  fliould  be  their  Lot,, 

when  yet  but  few  they  were  : 

12.  But  few  in  Number,  and  thofc  few 
all  friendlefs  Strangers  there. 

13.  In 


PSALM  cv.  1S9 

13.  In  Pilgrimage,  from  Realm  to  Realm, 
fcc'jrely  they  remov'd  ; 

14.  Whilll  proiideft  Monarchs  for  their  fakes, 
fevere]y  He  reprov'd  : 

15.  "  Thefe  mine  anointed  are,  faid  He, 
*^  let  none  my  Servants  wrong, 

*'  Nor  treat  the  poorefl:  Prophet  ill' 

"  that  does  to  Me  belong." 
i5.  A  Dearth  at  lall,  hv  liis  Command, 

did  through  the  Land  prevail  : 
'Till  Corn,  the  chief  Support  of  Life, 

fuftaining  Corn  did  fail. 

17.  But  his   indulgent  Providence 
had  pious  Jofeph  f -nt, 

Sold  into  Egypt,  but  their  Death 
who  fold  him  to  prevent. 

18.  His  Feet  wiih  heavy  Chains  were  crulhM,* 
with  Calumny  his  Fame  : 

^().  '  ri'l  God's  appointed  Time  and  Word 
to  his  Deliv'rance  came. 

20.  The  Kin?  his  fw'retgn  Order  fent, 
and  refcu'd  him  with  Speed  ; 

Whom  private  Malice  had  Cjnfin'd, 
the  People's  Ruler  freed. 

21.  His  Court,  Revenues,  Realms,  were  all 
fubjected  to  his  Will  ; 

22.  HiD  grcatell  Princes  to  controul, 
and  teach  his  Statefmen  Skill. 

^    p  J  R  r   \L 

23.  To  Egypt  th'en,  invited  Guefts, 
half-Tamini'd  I/r'e/ came  ; 

And  "Jacol;  held,  by  royal  Grant, 
the  fertile  Soil  of  Ham. 

24.  Th» 


ipo  P  S  A  L  M   cv. 

24.  Th*  Almighty  there  with  fuch  Incrcafe 
his  People  multiply'd, 

*Till  with  their  proud  Oppre/Tors  they 
in  Strength  and  Number  vy'd  ; 

25.  Their  vaft  Increafe  tV  Egypticn  Hearts 
with  jealous  Anger  fir'd, 

'Till  they  his  Servants  to  deflroy 
by  treach'rous  Arts  confpir'd. 

26.  His  Servant  Mcjh  then  He  Tent, 
his  chofen  Aaron  too  : 

27.  Impower*d  with  Signs  and  Miracles 
to  prove  their  Mifllon  true. 

28.  He  call'd  for  Darknefs,  Darknefs  came. 
Nature  his  Summons  knew; 

29.  EachStream  andLake,  transformed  toBlood, 
the  wand'ring  Filhes  flew. 

3®.  In  putrid  Floods,  throughout  the  Land, 

the  Peil:  of  Frogs  was  bred  : 
From  noifome  Fens  fent  up  to  croak 

at  Pharaoh\  Board  and  Bed. 

31.  He  gave  the  Sign,  and  Swarms  of  Flies 
came  down  in  cloudy  Holls  ; 

Whilfl  Earth*s  enliven'd  Duft  below 
bred  Lice  through  all  their  Coafls. 

32.  He  fent  them  battering  Hail  for  Rain, 
and  Fire  for  cooling  Dew. 

33.  He  fmote  their  Vines,  and  foreft  Plants, 
and  Garden's  Pride  o'erthrew. 

34.  He  fpake  the  Word,  and  Locuils  came, 
and  Caterpillars  join'd  ; 

They  prey'd  upon  the  poor  Remains 
the  Storm  had  left  behind. 

35.  From 


PSALM  cv.  J91 

35.  From  Trees  to  Herbage  they  defcend, 
no  verdant  Thing  they  fpare  ; 

But  like  the  naked  fallow  Field, 
leave  all  the  Paflures  bare. 

36.  From  Fields  to  Villages  and  Towns, 
commillion'd  Vengeance  flew  ; 

One  fatal  Stroke  their  eldeft  Hopes 
and  Strength  of  Egypt  llew. 

37.  He  brought  his  Servants  forth,  enrich'd 
with  Egypt's,  borrow'd  Wealth  ; 

^nd,  what  tranfcends  all  Treafures  Q[(e, 
enrich'd  with  vig'rous  Health. 

38.  Egypt  rejoic'd,  in  hopes  to  find  ' 
her  Plagues  with  them  remov'd  ; 

Taught  dearly  now  to  fear  worfb  Ills, 
by  thofe  already  prov'd. 

39.  Their  fhrouding  Canopy  by  Day 
a  journeying  Cloud  was  fpread  ; 

A  fiery  Pillar  all  the  Night 
their  defart  Marches  led. 

40.  They   long'd    for     Flelli  ;    with   Ev'ning 
He  furniHi'd  ev'ry  Tent  :  Quails 

From  Heav'ns  own  Granary,  each  Morn, 
the  Bread  of  Angels  fent. 

41.  He  fmote  the  Rock  ;   v^/hofe  flinty  Breall 
pour'd  forth  a  guihing  Tide^ 

Whofe  flowing  Stream,  where'er  they  march'd, 
the  Defart's  Drought  fupplr'd. 

42.  For  ftill  He  did  on  Abr'anis,  Faith 
and  ancient  League  refleft  : 

43.  He  brought  his  People  forth  with  Joy, 
with  Triumph  his  ele6t. 

44.  Quite 


i^t  PSALM    cv,  cvi. 

44.  Quite  rootino^  out  their  heathen  Foes 
from  Canaan's  fertile  Soil, 

To  them  in  cheap  PofTeffion  gave 
*  the  Fruit  of  others  Toil  : 

45.  That  they  his  Statutes  might  obferve, 
his  facred  Laws  obey. 

For  Benefits  fo  vafl,  let  us 
our  Songs  of  Praife  repay. 

P  S  J  L  M    CVL 
I    /^  Render  Thar;ks  to  God  above, 

V^     The  Fountain  of  eternal  Love  ; 
Whole  Mercy  firm  through  Ages  paft 
Has  flood,  and  ihall  for  ever  laft. 

2.  Who'  can   his  mighty  Deeds  exprefs, 
Not  only  vaft,  but  numberlefs  ? 
What  mortal  Eloquence  can  raife. 

His  Tribute  of  immortal  Praife  ? 

3.  Happy  are  they,  and  only  they. 
Who  from  thy  Judgments  never  ftray  : 
Who  know  what's  right  ;  nor  only  fo. 
But  alvvays  praftice  VNhat  they  know. 

4.  Ex'tend  to  me  that  Favour  Lord, 
Thou  to  thy  chofen  doft  .njffbrd  : 
When  Thou  return'fi  to  fet  them  iitt. 
Let  thy  Salvation  vifit  me. 

5.  O  may  I  worthy  prove  to  fee 
Thy  Saints  in  full  Profperi^y  ; 
That  I  the  jo)ful  Choir  may  join  , 
And  count  thy  People's  Triumph  mine. 

6.  But  ah  !  can  we  expeft  fuch  Grace, 
Of  Parents  vile,  the  viler  Race  ; 
Who  their  Mifdeeds  have  afted  o'er. 
And  with  new  Crimes  increased  the  Score  ? 

7.  Ingrateful, 


PSALM    cvi.  iQ 


J  J 


7.  Tngrateful  !  they  no  longer  thought 
.On  all  his  Works  in  B^ypt  wrought ; 
The  jed  Sea  they  no  Iboner  view'd, 

^Biit  they  their  bafe  Dillruit  renewed. 

8.  Yet  Pie,  to  vindicate  his  Name, 
Once  more  lo  their  Deliv'rance  came, 
"To  make  his  fov'ieign  Povv'r  be  knovvn, 

That  He  is  God,  and  -He  alone. 

■9.  To  ri2:ht  and  left,  at  his  Comirand, 
The  parting  Deep  diicIo?'d  her  Sand ; 
Where  firm  r.nd  dry  the  PaiTage  lay, 
Ae  through  fome  parch'd  and  defart  Way. 

10.  Thus  refcu'dTrom  their  Foes  they  were. 
Who  clofely  prefs'd  upon  their  Rear, 

11.  Whofe  Rage  purfu'd  'em  to  thole  Waves, 
That  prov'd  tlie  rafh  Purluers  Graves. 

12.  Tlie  watry  JNTountdns  fudden  Fail 
O'erwhclm'd  proud  Pharaoh,  Hoft  and  all. 
This  Proof  did  itupid  lirUl  move 

To  own  God's  Truth,  and  praife  his  Love. 

p  A  R  r  \l. 

^13.    But  fcon  thefe  Wonders  they  forget, 
And  for  his  Counfel  waited  not  ; 

14.  But  lulling  in  the  Wildernefs,     _ 
Did  Him  with  frcfli  Temptations  prefs. 

15.  Strong  Food  at  their  Pv^quert  He  fenr. 
But  r(>ade  their  Sin  their  Puniiliment. 

16.  Yet  Hill  his  Saints  they  did  oppofe. 
The  Prieil  and  Prophet  whom  He  chofe. 

17.  But  Eauh,  the  Quarrel  to  decide. 
Her  vengeful  Jaws  extended  wide, 
Ralli  Dathan  to  her  Centre  drew, 
With  pioud  Abiram's  fadious  Crew. 

I  ,18.  Th^ 

/ 


194  PSALM   cvL 

1 8.  The  refl  of  thofe  who  did  confpire 
"To  kindle  wild  Sedition's  Fire, 
With  all  their  impious  Train  became 
A  Prey  to  Heav'n's  devouring  Flame. 

19.  Near  HorePs  Mount  a  Calf  they  made, 
And  to  the  molten  Image  Jsray'd  ; 

20.  Adoring  v/hat  their  Hands  did  frame. 
They  chang'd  their  Glory  to  their  Shame. 

21.  Their  God  and  Saviour  they  forgot. 
And  all  his  Works  in  Egypt  wrought  ; 
:22.  His  Signs  in  Ham\  aflonifhM  Coaft, 
And  where  proud  PharaoFs  Troops  were  lofl. 

23.  Thus  urg'd,  his  vengeful  Hand  He  rear'd, 
But  Mofes  in  the  Breach  appear'd  ; 

The  Saint  did  for  the  Rebels  pray, 

And  turn'd  Heav'n's  kindled  Wrath  away. 

24,  25.  Yet  they  his  pleafantLand  defpis'd, 
Nor  his  repeated  Promife  priz'd, 

Nor  did  th'  Almighty's  Voice  obey  ; 
3ut  when  God  faid.  Go  upy  would  ftay. 

26,  27.  This  feal'd  their  Doom,  without  Redrefs 
T"o  perifli  in  the  Wildernefs  ; 
Or  elfe  to  be  by  heathen  Hands 
Overthrown  and  fcatter'd  thro'  the  Lands^ 

PART    III. 
sS.  Yet  unreclaim'd,  this  ftubborn  Ra9e 
JBaal  Peorh  Worfhip  did  embrace  ; 
2^came  his  impious  Guefts,  and  fed 
On  Sacrifices  to  the  Dead. 
29.  Thus  they  perfifted  to  provoke 
Ood's  Vengeance  to  the  final  Stroke. 
^Tis  come  : — the  deadly  Pell  is  come 
To  execute  their  general  Doom. 

^o.  But 


( 


95 


P  S  A  L  M   cv'u 

30.  But  Phinekas  nr'd  with  hply  Rage, 

(  Th'  Almighty's  V.engeance  to  afTwage) 

Did,  by  two  bold  Oftenders  Fall, 

Th'  Atonement  make  that  ranfom'd  All. 

31.  As  him  a  heav'niy  Zeal  had  mov'd. 
So  Heav'n  the  zealous  Adl  aprov'd  ; 

'To  him  confirming,  and  his  Race, 
"The  Priefthood  he  fo  well  did  grace. 

,32.  At  Meribah  God's  Wrath  they  mov'd. 
Who  Mofcs  for  their  fakes  reprovM  ; 

33.  Whofe  patient  Soul  they  did  provoke, 
'Till  radily  the  meek  Prophet  fpoke. 

34.  Nor  when  pofTcfs'd  oi  Canaan  s  Land, 
Did  they  perform,  their  Lord's  Command^ 
Nor  his  commiffion'd  Sword  employ 

The  guilty  Nations  to  deftroy.   . 

35.  Nor  only  fpar'd  the  Pagan  Crew, 
But  mingling  learnt  their  Vices  too  ; 

36.  And  Worfhip  to  thofe  Idols  paid. 
Which  them  to  fatal  Snares  bctray'd. 

37.  38.   To  Devils  they  did  facrifiCe 
Their  Children  with  relentlef-^  Eyes  ; 
Approach'd  their  Altars  thro'  a  Flood 
Of  their  own  Sons  and  Daujjhters  Blood. 


No  cheaper  Vidlims  would  appeafe 
Canaan  %  remorfelefs  Deities  ; 
No  Blood  her  Idols  reconcile. 
But  that  which  did  the  Land  defile. 

P  A  R  7     IV. 
39.  Nor  did  thefe  favage. Cruelties 
The  harden'd  Reprobates  fuffice  ; 
For  after  their  Hearts  Lulls  they  went. 
And  daily  did  new  Crimes  invent. 
'"  -^2  40.  Bat 


19^  PSALM   cvi. 

40.  But  Sins  of  fuch  infernal  Hue 
God's  Wrath  againft  his  People  drew, 
'Till  He,  their  onc»  indulgent  Lord, 
His  own  Inheritance  abhor'd. 

41.  He  them  defencelefs  did  expofe 
To  their  infulting  heathen  Foes  ; 

And  made  them  on  the  Triumphs  wait. 
Of  thofe,  who  bore  them  greatell  Hate. 

42.  Nor  thus  his  Indignation  ceas'd  j 
Their  Lift  of  Tyrants  He  increas'd, 
'Till  they,  who  God's  mild  Sway  declin'd. 
Were  made  the  VaiTals  of  Mankind. 

43.  Yet,  when  diilrefb''d,  they  did  repent. 
His  Anger  did  as  oft  relent : 

But  freed,  they  did  his  Wrath  provoke, 
Renew'd  iheir  Sins,  and  He  their  Yoke. 

44.  Nor  yet  implacable  He  prov'd, 

Nor  heard  their  wretched  Cries  unmov'd  ; 

45.  But  did  to  mind  his  Promife  bring. 
And  Mercy's  unexhaufted  Spring. 

46  Compaflion  too  He  did  impart, 
Ev'n  to  their  Foes  obdurate  Heart, 
And  Pity  for  their  SufF'rings  bred 
In  thofe  who  them  to  Bondage  led. 

47.  Still  fave  us, Lord,  and  i/r'W''j  Bands 
Together  bring  from  heathen  Lands ; 
So  to  thy  Name  our  Thanks  we'll  raife. 
And  ever  triumph  in  thy  Praife. 

48.  Let  Ifr'cVh  God  be  ever  blefs'd. 
His  Name  eternally  confefs'd  : 

Let  all  his  Saints  with  full  Accord 
-Sin^.ioud  Amens. — ^Fraife  \e  the  Lord. 

'PSALM 


PSALM     cvii.  197 

PSALM    CVII. 
1   ^~*^0  God  your  grateful  Voices  raife, 

^         Who  does  your  daily  Patron  prove  : 
And  let  your  never-ceafing  Praife 
Attend  on  his  eternal  Love. 
2,  3.  Let   thofe  give  Thanks,   whom  He  from 
Of  proud  opprefiing  Foes  releas'd  ;  [Band?, 

And  brought  them  back  from  dillant  Lands, 
From  North  and  South,    and   Weft  and  Eaft. 

4,   5.  Through  lonely  defart  Ways  they  went? 
Nor  cou'd  a  peopled  City  find  : 
'Till  quite  with  Thirfl  and  Hunger  fpent. 
Their  fainting  Soul  witliin  them  pin'd. 

6.  Then  Too  a  to  God's  indulgent  Ear 
Did  they  their  mournful  Cry  addrefs  ; 
Who  graciouily  vouchfaf'd  to  hear, 
And  freed  them  from  their  deep  Diilrefs, 

7.  From  crooked  Paths  He  led  them  forth, 
And  in  the  certain  Way  did  guide. 

To  wealthy  Towns  of  great  Refort, 
Where  all  their  Wants  were  well  fupply'd. 
8    O  then  that  all  the  Earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  his  Goodnefs  praife  ! 
And  for  the.  mighty  Works  which  He 
Throughout  the  wond'ring  World  difplay si 

9.   For  He  from  Heav'n  the  fad  Eftate 
Ot  longing  Souls  with  Pity  views  ; 
To  hungry  Souls  that  pani  for  Meat, . 
His  Goodnefs  daily  Food  renews. 

PART  II. 
10.   Some  lie,  with  Darknefs  compafs'd  rc'.;;:.', 
In  Death's  uncomfortable  Shade  ;     * 
And  with  unwieldy  Fetters  bound. 
By  prefling  Cares  more  heavy  made. 

I  3  !i,   12.  Becafii'^e 


i9^  RS  ALM  cvii. 

II,  12  Becaufe  God'a  Counfel    they  defy'4 
And  ligh'.ly  priz'd  his  holy  Word, 
With  thefe  Aiflidions  they  were  try'd  : 
They  fell,  and  none  could  Help  aiFord. 

13.  Then  foon  to  Godfs  indulgent  Ear 
jDid  they  their  ■■loui  nf*ii  Cry  addrefs  ; 
vWho  gracioafly  voucljfaPd  to  hear, 

And  freed  them  from  their  deep  Diarefs. 

14.  From  diiinal  Dungeon?,  dark  as  Night, 
.And  Shade  as  black  a?^Death's  Abode, 

He  brought  them  forth  to  chearCal  Light, 
And  welcome  Liberty  beitow'd. 

15.0  then  that  all  the  Earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  his  Goo dnefs  praife  ! 
And  for  the  m"ighty  Works  wh'ch  tie 
Throughout  the  wond'ring  World  difplays  ; 

16.  For  He  with  his  almighty  Hand, 
The  Gates  of  Brafs  in  Pieces  broke  ; 
Nor  cou'd  the  mafly  Bars  withlland. 
Or  temper'd  Steel  refill  his  Stroke. 

PART    III. 

17.  Remorfelefs  Wretches,  void  of  Senfe, 
V/ith  bold  Tranfgrelfions  God  defy ; 
And  for  their  multiply'd  Offence, 
Opprefs'd  with  fore  Difeafes  lie  : 

18.  Their  Soul,  a  Prey  to  Pain  and,  Fear, 
Abhors  to  talle  the  choicell  Meats  ; 
And  thev  by  fuint  Degrees  draw  near 
To  Death's  inliofpitabie  Gates. 

19.  Then  flrait  to  God's  indulgent  Ear, 
Do  they  their  mournful   Cry  add,  Ts  ; 

^  Who  gracioufl/  vouchfafes  to  hear. 
And  frees  them  from  their  deep  Dillrefs. 

20. 


PSALM    cvii.  199 

20.  He  all  their  fad  Diftempers  heals. 
His  Word  both  Health  and  Safety  gives  ; 
-And  when  all  human  Succour  fails. 
From  near  Deftru6lion  them  retrieves.  . 

21.  O  then  that  all  the  Earth,  with  me, 
Would  God  for  this  hisGoodnefs  praife  ! 
And  for  the  mighty  Works  which  He 
Throughout  the  wond'ring  World  difplays; 

22.  With  cfPrings  let  his  Altar  flame, 
Whilll:  they  their  grateful  Thanks  exprefs. 
And  with  loud  Joy  his  holy  Name 

-  For  all  his  Ads  of  Wonder  blefs  ! 
PART    IV. 

23.  24.   They  that  in  Ships,  with  Courage  bold. 
O'er  fweliing  Waves  their  Trade  purfue. 

Do  God's  amazing  Works  behold. 
And  in  the  Deep  his  Wonders  view. 

25.  No  fooner  his  Command  is  pall. 
But  forth  the  dreadful  Tempeit  flies, 
Which  fweeps  tlie  Sea  with  rapid  Halle, 
And  makes  the  ilormy  Billows  rife. 

26.  Sometimes  the  Ships,  tofs'd  up  to  Heav'n, 
On  Tops  of  mountain  Waves  appear  i 

Then  down  the  fteep  Abyfs  are  driv'n, 
Whiilt  ev'ry  Sou!  di/Tolves  with  Fear. 

27.  They  reel  atid  ilagger  to  and  fro. 
Like  Men  with  Fumes  of  Wine  opprefs'd  ; 
Nor  do  the  ikilfui  Seamen  know 

Which  Way  to  fleer,  what  Courfe  is  befl. 

28-  Then  rtraight  to  God's  indulgent  Ear 
'i  hey  do  their  mournful  Cry  addrefs  -, 
Who  gracioully  voachiafcj'  to  hear, 
And  frees  them  from  their  deep  Diflrefs. 

I  4  2*9,  30.  He 


200  P  S  A  L  M    cvii. 

£9,   30.  He  does  the  raginp;  Storm  appeafe, 
And  makes  the  Billov  s  calm  and  liill  ; 
With  Joy  the  y  fee  th>  ir  Fury  ccafe. 
And  theirintended  Courle  fulfil. 

31.0  then  that  all  the  Earth,  with  mc. 
Would  God  for  this  his  Goodnef?  praifc  ! 
And  for  the  mighty  Works  which  He 
Throughout  the  vvond'ring  World  difpL' ys  ! 

32.  Let  th?m,  where  all  the  Tribes  refort, 
Advance  to  Heav'n  his  glorious  Name, 
And  in  the  Elders  iov*reig'n  Lourt 
With  one  Confent  his  Praife  proclaim  ! 

PART    V. 

33,  34.  A  fruitful  L,  nd,  where  Streams  abound, 
God's  juft  Re\  enge,  if  People  fin, 

Will  turn  to  dry  and  barren  Ground 

To   pi.nifli  thofe  that  dwell  therein. 

35,  36.  The  parch'd  ana  deiart  irieath  he  makes 

'I  o  iiow  with  Streams  and  fpringing  WeJis, 

Which  for  his  Lot  the  Hungry  t.  kes. 

And  in  ftrong  Cities  laiely  dwells. 

37.  38.  He  fows  the  Field,  the  Vineyard  plan ti:, 
■Which^gratefully  his  Toil  repay  ; 
Nor  can,  whilft  God  his  Bleiling  grants. 
His  fruitiul  Seed  or  Stock  decay. 

39.  Eut  when  his  SinsHeav'n's  Wrath  provoke, 
riis  Health  and  Subftance  fade  av.ay  ; 

He  feels  lu'  OpprviTor's  galling  Yoke, 
And  is  of  Grief  the  wretched  Prey. 

40.  ThtPrince  that  flights  whatGod  commands, 
iixpos'd  to  Scorn,  muit  quit  his  1  hrone  ', 

Ana  over  wild  anu  deiarc  Lands, 
Where  no  Puch  ofteifc,  itray  aioue. 

41.  Whihl 


PS  A  L  M    evil,  cvlii.         201 

41.  Whilft  God,  from  all  affiiaing  Cares, 
Sets  up  the  humble  Man  rn  lii'^h  ; 

And  makes  in  Time  his  num'rous  Heirs 
With  his  increafmg  Flocks  to  vie. 

42.  4;.  Then  Sinners  fh'all  have  nought  to  fay. 
The  Juft  a  decent  Joy  fhail  fhow  ; 

The  Wife  the^e  llrange  Invents  fhall-weigh, 
And  thence  God's  Goornefs  fully  know. 

PSALM   cvrii: 

1    /^  GOD.  my  Heart  it  fully  bent, 

\J     to  magnify  thy  Name  ; 
My  Trn?-ue  with  chearful  Songs  of  Pralfe 
lliali  oelebi-ate  thy  Fame. 

2.  Awuke,  my  Lute  ;  nor  thou,  my  Harp» 

hy  warbling  Notes  delay  ; 

Whiiii^  I  vs-'ith  early  Hymns  of  Joy 

prc\  (  nt  the  dawning  Day. 

3.  To  all  the  liil'ning  Tribes,  O  Lord, 

thy  Wori:'ers  I  wifl  tell. 
And  to  thofe  Nc-iions  fing  thy  Praife 
that  round  about  us  dwell ; 

4.  Becaufe  thy  Mercy's  boundlefs  Height 

th-  higheil  Keav'n  tranfcends, 
And  tar  beyond  th'  afpiring  Clouds 
thy  faithful  Truth  extends. 

5.'  Be  Thou,  O  God,  exalted  high 

Above  the  Harry  Frame  : 
And  let:  the  World,  with  one  Confent, 

confefs  thy  glorious  Name. 
67  Thai  all  thy  chofen  People  Thee 

their  Saviour  may  declare  ; 
Let  thy  right  Hand  pioteft  me  dill, 

and  anAver  Thou  my  Pray'r. 

I  5  '  :•  Sinc5".- 


202  PSALM   cviii,  cix. 

7.  Since  God    himfelf  has  iaid  the  Wcid, 
whofc  Promife  cannot  fail, 

With  Joy  I  ^uhem  will  divide, 
.      and  meafure  Succoth's  Vale  ; 

8.  Gilead  is  mine,  Manajfeh  too, 

and  Ephra}?n  owns  my  Caufe  : 
Thfir  Strength  my  regal  Pow'r  Support?, 
axid  Jud-ah  gives  my  Laws. 

9.  Tl/i'i?^  I'll  make  my  fervile  Drudge, 
on  vanqui Pn'd  Edom  tread  ; 

And  through  the  proud  Philifiine  Lands^ 
my  con«ii'ring  Banners  fpread. 

10.  '^y  whofe  Support  and  Aid  fhall  I 
their.  weU-ienc'd  Cify  gain  ? 

V/ho  will  my  Troops  fecurely  lead 
thro'  EdB?ns  guarded  Plain  ? 

1 1.  lord,  wilt  not  Thou  aflift  our  Arms, 
which  late  Thou  didll  forfakc  ? 

And  wilt  notThou,  of  thefe  our  Hofts, 
once  more  the  Guidance  take  ? 

12.  O  to  thy  Servants  in  Diilrefa, 
thy  fpeedy  Succour  fend  ; 

Por  vain  it  is  on  human  Aid 
for  Safety  to  depend. 

13.  Tlien  valiant  Acts  Hiail  v.'e  perform, 
if  Thou  thy  PowV  difclofe:; 

For  God  it  is,  and  God  alone, 
that  treads  down  all  oar  Foes. 
P  S  A  L  M    CJX. 
I   ^^  GOD,  whofe  former  Pviercies  make 

V^     my  conftant  Praife  thy  Due, 
Hold  not  ihy  Peace,  but  my  fad'  State 
with  wonted  Favour  view. 


PSALM  clx.  203 

2.  For  finful  Men,  with  lying  Lips. 

deceitful  Speeches  frame. 
And  with  their  ftudy'd  Slanders  feek, 
to    wound  my  fpotlefs  Fame. 

3.  Their  refllefs  Hatred  prompts  them  Hill 
malicious  Lies  to  fpread  ; 

And  all  againft  my  Life  combine, 
by  caufelefs  Fury  led. 

4.  Thofe  whom  with  tend'reft  Love  I  us'd, 
my  chief  Oppofers  are  ; 

Whilil  1,  of  other  Friends  bereft, 
refort  to  Thee  by  Pray'r. 

5.  Since  Mifchief.  for  the  Good  I  did^ 
their  ftrange  Reward  does  prove  ; 

And  Hatred's  the  Return  they  make 
for  undiflembled  Love  : 

6.  Their  guilty  Leader  fliall  be  made 

to  fome  ill  Men  a  Slave  : 
And  when  he's  try'd,  his  mortal  Foe. 
for  his  Accufer  have. 

7.  His  Guilt,  when  Sentence  is  pronounc'd;, 

iTiall  meet  a  dreadful  Fate, 
Whilil  his  rejeded  Pray'r  but  ferves 
his  Crimes  to    aggravate. 

8.  He,  fnatch'd  by  fome  untimely  Fate, 
flu.n't  live  out  half  his  Days  : 

Another,  by  divine  Decree, 
fhall  on  his  Office  feize. 

9.  10.   His  Seed  fhall  Orphans  be,  his  Wife 
a  Widow  piung'd  in  Grief: 

His  vagrant  Children  beg  their  Bread, 
where  none  can  give  Relief, 

II.  His 


204  PSALM  ax. 

T 1.  His  ia  got  Riches  fnall  be  made 

to  UfuiPrs  a  Prey  ; 
Hie'Fruit  of  all  his  Toil  {hall  be 
by  Strangers  born  away. 

12.  None  (hall  be  foand  that  to  his  Wants 
their  Mercy  will  extend, 

Or  to  his  hclpiefs  Orphan  Seed 
tiie  leafl  Aifiilance  lend. 

13.  A  fwifc  Deflru6llon.  Toon  fhall  feize 
on  liis  unhappy  Race  ; 

nd  the  next  Age. his  hated  Name 
ihali  utterly  deface, 

•  4.  The  Vcneeance  of  his  Father's  Sins,. 

upon  his  Head  (hall  fall  ; 
Uod  on  his  Mother's  Crimes  (hall  thinks 

and  punifh  hinvfor  all. 
15.  All  thefe  in  horrid  Order  rank'd, 

before  the  Lord  (hall  ftand, 
^Till  his  fierce  Anger  quite  cats  oft 

their  Aiem'ry  from  the  Land. 

'  p  J  R  T  n. 

J  6.  Becaufe  he  never  Mercy  fhew'd. 

but  Hill  the  Poor  opprefs'd  ; 
And  fought  to  flay  the  helplefs  Man, 

with  heavy  Woes  dillrefs'd. 
17.  Therefore  the  Curfe  he  lov'd  to  vent,   . 

(hall  his  ow  n  Portion  prove  ; 
And  Blefiing,  uhich  he  Hill  abhor'd, 

ihall  far  from  him  remove. 

18.  Since  he  in  curfing  took  fuch  Pride, 

like  Water  it  fhall  fprcad 
Thro*  all  iris  Veins,  and  ilick  like  Oil 

with  which  his  Bones  are  fed. 

19.  Th 


PSALM  cix.  205 

19.  This,  like  a  poifon'd  Robe,  lliall  flill 
his  conllant  Cov'ring  be  ; 

Or  an  evenom'd  Belt,  from  which 
he  never  fhall  be  free. 

20.  Thus  fhall  the  Lord  reward  all  thofe, 
that  Til  to  me  defign  ; 

That  with  malicious  fLilfe^Reports 
againft  my  Life  combine, 

21.  But  for  thy  glorious  Name,  O  God, 
do  thou  deliver  me  ; 

And  for  thy  gracious  Mercy's  Sake,, 
preferve  and  fet  m€  free  : 

22.  For  L  to  utmofl:  Straits  reduc'd: 
am  void  of  all  Relief; 

My  Heart  is  wounded  .vith  Diftrefs^ 
and  quite  pie.-c'd  thro'  with  Grief. 

23.  I,  like  an  Ev'ning  Shade,  decline, 
which  vanifhes  apace  : 

Like  Locuih  up  and  down  I'm  tofs'd,. 
and  have  no  certain  Place. 

24,.  25.  My  Knees  with  Fading  are  grown  weak, 

my  Body  lank  and  \e\n  ;. 
Ail  that  behold  me  (hake  their  Heads, 

and  treat  me  with  Difdain 
z6.  27,  But  for  thy  Mercies  fake,  O  Lord, 

do  Thou  my  Foes  ^ithftand  ; 
That  all  may  fee  'tis  thy  own  ^t\, 

the  Work  of  thy  right  Hand. 

28.  Then  let  them  curfe,  fo  Thou  but  blefs ; 

let  Shame  the  Portion  be 
Of  all  that-  my  Dellruaion  feek, 

while  I  rejoice  in  Thee. 

29.  M/ 


2o6'  PS  A  L  M  cix,  ex. 

29.  My  Foe  fhall  with  Difgrace  bccloath'd, 
and  fpite  of  all  his  Pride, 

His  own  Confuiion,  like  a  Cloak, 
the  guilty  Wretch  fhall  hide. 

30.  But  T  to  God,  in  grateful  Thanks," 
my  chearful  Voice  will  raife  ; 

And  where  the  great  Affembly  meets, 

fet  forth  his  noble  Praife. 
3  I .  For  Him  the  Poor  (hall  always  find 

their  fure  and  conllant  Friend  ; 
And  He  fhall  from  unrighteous  Dooms 
'  their  guiltlefs  Souls  defend. 

P  S  A  L  M'  ex. 
]i   ^  I  ^HE  Lord  unto  my  Lord  thus  fpake, 

X        "  'Till  I  thvFoes  thyFootflool  make, 

"  Sit  thou  in  State,  at  my  right  Hand  : 

2.  "  Supreme  in  Sion  thou  fhalt  be, 
^*  And  all  thy  proud  OpprefTors  fee 

"  Subjected  to  thy  jufl  Command. 

3.  "  Thee,  in  thy  Pow'r's  triumphant  Day, 
«*  The  willinjy  Nations  fhall  obey  ; 

"  And  when  thy  rifing  Beams  they  view^ 
"  Shall  all  (redeemed  from  Error's  Night) 
**  Appear  as  numberlefs  and  bright 

*'  As  cryilal  Drops  of  Morning  Dew." 

4.  The  Lord  hath  fworn,  nor  fworn  in  vain, 
That  like  Melchife^dechh,  thy  Reign 

And  Prieilhood  lliail  no  Period  know  : 

5.  No  proud  Competitor  to  fit 

At  thy  right  Hand  will  He  permit  ; 

-"     But  in  his  V/rath  crow n'd  Heads  b'erthrow. 

6.  The  fentenc'd  Heatheji  He  fhall  flay, 
And  iiH  with  CarcafTes  his  Way,  ^ 


PSALM  ex,  cxi.  20/ 

f  '    'Till  He  hath  ftruck  Earth's  Tyrants  dead ; 
y.  But  in  the  High-way  Brooks  iliall  firft, 
Like  a  poor  Pilgrim,   flake  his  Thiril, 
And  then  in  Triumph  raife  his  Head. 
PSALM    CXL 
1    TJRaife  ye  the  Lord  ;  our  God  to  praife 

X^     My  Soul  her  utmoft  Pow'rs  fhall  raife. 
With  private  Friends,, and  in  the  Throng 
Of  Saints,  his  Praife  (hall  be  my  Song. 

2.  His  Works,  for  Greatnefs  tho'  rcnownM, 
His  wond'rous  Works  with  Eafe  are  found 
By  thofs  who  feek  for  them  aright. 

And  in  the  pioi.'s  Search  delight. 

3.  His  Works  arc  all  of  matchlefs  Fame, 
And  univeifal  Glory  claim  ; 

His  Truth  confirm'd  thro'  Ages  paft, 
Shallto  eternal  Ages  laf}. 

4.  By  Precept  He  has  us  enjoin'd. 

To  keep  his  wond'rous  Works  in  Mind  ; 

And  to  Poilerity  record. 

That  good  and  gracious  is  our  Lord. 

5.  His  Bounty,  like  a  flowing  Tide, 
Has  all  his  Servant's  Wants  fupply'd  ; 
A«d  He  will  ever  keep  in  Mind, 
His  Covenant  with  our  Fathers  fign'd. 

6.  At  once  ailonilliM  and  o'erjoy'd. 
They  faw  his  matchlefs  Pow'r  employ'd  ; 
WJiereby  the  Heathen  were  fupprefs'd. 
And  we  their  Heritage  poffefs'd. 

7.  Juil  are  the  Dealings  of  his  Hands, 
Immutabie  are  his  Commands, 

S.  2y  Truth  and  Equity  fullain'd. 
And  for  eternal  Rules  ordiin'd. 

9,  He 


2o8         PSALM  cxi,  cxii. 

9.  He  fet  his  Saints  from  Bondage  free,. 
And  then  eftab'ifh'd  his  Decree, 

For  ever  to  remain  the  £ime  ; 
Holy  ai)d  rev'rend  is  his  Name. 

10.  Who   Wifdom's  facred  Prize  would  win, 
Muft  with  the  Fear  of  God  begin  ; 
Immortal  Praife  and  heav'nly  %ki\l 

Have  they  who  know  and  do  his  Will. 
P  S  J  L  M    CXII. 
HALLELUJAH. 
1    ^-r-^HAT  Man  is  b: eft  who  ftan  s  in  awe 

J.        Of  God,  and  lovCvS  his  iacred  Law,: 
2.  His  Seed    n  Eajth  fhalt  be  renuwn'd, 
And  with  fucceffive  Honours  crown'd. 
q.  His  Houfe,  the  Seat  of  Wealth  ihall  be 
An  inexhauited  Treafury  ; 
His  Juftice    free  from  all  Decay, 
Shall  Bleffings  ro  his  Heirs  convey. 

4.  The  Sou]  that's  filPd  with  Virtue's  Light, 
Shines  brighteft  in  Affliclion's  Night  : 

To  oity  t^i?  Diilrefs'd  inclin'd, 
A?  well  as  jui'c  to  all  Mankind. 

5.  His  lib'ral  Favours  he  extends, 
To  fome  he  gives^  to  others  lends  : 
Yet  what  his  Charity  impairs, 

He  faves  by  Prudence  in  Affairs. 

6.  Befet  with  threatning  Dangers  round  : 
Unmov'd  fhall  he  maintain  his  Ground  ; 
Tiie  fvvect  Remembrance  of  the  Jafl: 
ShdII  fiourifh  when  he  fleeps  in  Duit. 

7.  Ill  Tidings  never  can  furprize 
His  Hea't,  that  iix'd  on  God  relies  : 

8.  On  S.ifety's  Rock  he  fits,  and  fees 

The  Shipwreck  of  his  Enemies.  9.  His' 


PSALM    cxii,  cxiii.         2C9 

9.  His  FJands,  while  they  his  Alms  beftow'd. 
His  Glory's  future  Harveil  fow'd. 
Whence  he  fnall  reap  Wealth,  Fame,  Renown, 
A  temo'ral  and  eternalCrown. 
10.  The  Wicked  ihall  his  Triumph  fee, 
And  gnafli  their  Teeth  in  Agony  ;  "" 

While  their  unrighteous  Hopes  decay. 
And  vanifn  with  themfelves  away, 
PSALM  CXIII. 
I    "^T'E  Saints  and  Servants  of  the  Lord, 

j[       The  Triumphs  of  his  Name  record  ; 

2.  His^  facred  Name  for  ever  blefs 

3.  Where-e'er  the  circling  Sun  difplays 
His  rifmg  Beams  or  fetting  Rays, 

Due  Pralfe  to  hib  great  Name  addrefs. 

4.  God  thro'  the  World  extentls  his  Sway 
The  R-egions  of  eternal  Day, 

Uut  Shado'.vs  of  his  Glory  are, 

5.  To  Him,  whofj  Majefly  excels. 

Who  made  the  Hcav'n  in  which  He  dwells, 
Let  ncJ  created  Pow'r  compare. 

6.  Though  'tis  beneath  his  State  to  view- 
In  higheil  Heav'n  what  Angels  do. 

Yet  He  to  Earth  vouchfafes  -his  Care  : 
He  takes  the  Needy  from  his  Cell, 
.Advancing  him  in  Courts  to  dwell. 
Companion  to  the  greateH:  th^re. 

7.  When  childlefs  Families  defpair. 
He  fends  the  Bleflings  of  an  Heir, 

I'o  refcue  their  expiring  Name  : 
Makes  her  that  barren  was,  to  bear. 
And  joyfully  her  Fruit  to  rear. 

O  then  extol  his  matchlefs  Fame  ? 

P  S  A  L'M 


2IO  PSALM    cxiv 

PSALM    CXIV. 

1   T  T  7HEN  IjVel  by  th'  Almighty  led, 

VV  (Enrich'djwlth  their  Oppreflbr's  Spoil) 
From  £o^y^/ march'd,  and  y^roi's  Seed 
From  Bondage  in  a  foreign  Soil  ; 
2.  Jeho'Vah,  for  his  Relidence, 
■    Chofe  out  imperial  Judahh  Tent, 
His  Manfion  Royal,   and  from    thence 
Thro'  I/r'ePs  Camp  his  Orders  fent. 

3.  The  diftant  Sea  w'th  Terror  faw. 
And  from  th'  Al. nighty's  Prefence  fled  ; 
Old  Jordan^  Streams  furpriz'd  with  Awe, 
Retreated  to  their  Fountain's  Head. 

4.  The  taller  Mountains  fkipp'd,  like  Rams 
When  Danger  near  the  Fold  they  hear  ; 
The  Hills  fkipp'd  after  them,  like  Lambs 
Affrighted  by  their  Leader's  Fear. 

5.  O  Sea,  what  made  your  Tide  withdraw, 
And  nriked  leave  your  oozy  Bed  ? 

Why  "Jordan  againft  Nature's  I<a\v, 
Recoild'fi;  thou  to  thy  Fountain's  Head  ? 

6.  Why  Mountains  did  ye  fkip  like  Rams, 
When  Danger  does  appnuach  the  Fold  .'' 
Why  after  you  the  Hills  likeXambs, 
When  they   their  Leader's   Flight  behold  ^ 

7.  Earth  tremble  on  ;  well  may'fi  thou  fear 
Thy  Lord  and  Maker's  Face  to  fee  : 
When  Jaccb'i  av  *ul  God  draws  near, 

'Tis  tin^*^  fo^-  Eat-'^  .u  d  Seas  to  (["Q, 

8.  To  flee  from  God,  who  Nature's  Law 
Confii-ms  and  cancels  at  his  Will  } 

Who  Springs  from  flinty  Rocks  can  draw. 
And  thirity   Vales  with'Water  fill. 

PS4LM 


PSALM    cxv.  2 1 1 

PSALM    CXV. 
I    T    ORD,  not  to  us,  we  claim  no  Share, 

JL^     bat  to  thy  iuicred  Name 

Give  Gloty,  for  thy  Alerc/'s  fake, 

and  Truth's  eternal  Fame. 

2.  Why  fhould  the  Heathea  cry,  where's  now 
the  God  whom  we  adore  ? 

3.  Convince  them  that  in  Heav*n  Thou  art, 
and  uncontrourd  thy  Po'^^'r. 

4.  Their  Gods  bat  G^Dld  and  Silver  are, 
the  Works  of  mortal  Hands  ; 

5.  With  foeechlefs  IV[oath,  and  iight^efs  Eye% 
the  molten  Idol  ftinds. 

6.  The  Pa'T;eant  has  both  lUrs  and  Nofe, 

bjt  neither  he'^rs  nor  fme.'ls  ; 
-'.  Its  Hands  and  Feet  nor  feel,  nor  move  ; 
no  Lif2  with' a  it  d-^vells.   - 

^.  Such  feifelefs  Stocks  they  are,   that  we 

can  nothing  like  them  find  ; 
But  thofe  who  on  -their  Help  rely, 

and  them  for  Gods  defi:^.n'd. 

9.  O  7/rV/,'  mike  the  Lord  your  T\\x% 
who.  is  your  Help   and  Shield  ; 

10.  Prieils,  Levites,  trull  in  Him  alone, 
who  only  Help  can  yield. 

11.  Let  all,  who  truly  fear  ths  Lord, 
on  Him  they  f  arrely; 

Who  them  in  Danger  can  defend, 
and  all  their  Wants  fuppiy. 

12.  13.   Of  us  He  oft  has  mindful  been, 
and  irr'el  s  Houfe  will  blefs  ; 

Prielb,  Levites,  Proielytes,  ev'n  ail 
who  hii  great  Name  confefs. 

14.  On 


212  PSALM  cxv,  cxvi. 

14.  On  you,  and  on  your  Heirs  He  will 
increafe  of  BleiTmgs  bring  : 

15.  Thrice  happy  you,  who  Fav'rites  are 
of  this  almij^hty  King. 

16.  Heav'ns  higheH  Orb  of  Glory,  He 
his  Empire's  Seat  deiign'd  ; 

And  gave  his  lower  Globe  of  Earth 
a  Portion  to  Mankind. 

17.  They  who  in  Death  and-Silence  fleep 
to  Him  no  Praife  afford  : 

18.  But  we  will  blefs  for  evermore 
our  ever-living  Lord. 

PSALM    CXVI. 
I   "T^  /TY  Soul,  v/ith  grateful  Thoughts  ofLove 

J_VjL     entirely  is  poffeil, 
Becaufe  the  Lord  vouchfaPd  to  hear 
the  Voice  of  my  Requeft. 

2.  Since  He  has  now  his  Ear  inclined, 
I  never  will  defpair  ; 

But  ftill  in  all  the  Straits  of  Life 
to  Himaddrefs  my  Pray'r. 

3.  With  deadly  Sorrows  compafs'd  round, 

with  Pains  of  Hell  opprefs'd  ; 
When  Troubles  feiz'd  my  aking  Heart, 
and  Anguifh  rack'd  my  Breaft : 

4.  On  God's  almighty  Name  I  call'd, 
and  thus  to  Him  I  pray'd  ; 

*'  Lord  I  befeech  Thee,  fave  my  Soul . 
"  with  Sorrows  quite  diimay'd  ; 

5.  6.  How  juft  and  merciful  is  God, 

how  gracious  is  the  Lord  ! 
Who  faves  the  Harm! els,  and  to  me 
does  timely  Help  afford. 

7.  The 


PSALM  cxvi.  213 

7.  Then  free  from  penfive  Cares,  my  Soul 

refume  thy  wonted  Re&i  ; 
For  God  has  wond^roufly  to  thee 

his  bounteous  Love  exprell. 

g.  When  Death  alarm'd  me.  He  rempv'd 

my  Dangers  and  my  Fears  : 
My  Feet  from  falling  He'fecur'd, 

and  dry'd  my  Eyes  from  Tears. 

9.  Therefore  my  Life's  remaining  Years, 
which  God  to  me  fhall  lend, 

Will  I  in  Praifes  to  his  Name, 
and  in  his  Service  fpend. 

10,  II.  In  God  I  trufted,  and  of  Him 
in  greateft  Strait-}  did  boaft  ; 

(For  in  my  Flight  all  Hopes  of  Aid 

from  faithlefs  Men  were  loft  :) 
12,  13.  Then  what  Return  to  Him  fhall  I 

for  all  His  Goodnefs  make  r- 
.i'll  praife  his  Name,  and  with  glad  Zeal 
the  Cup  of  Blefling  take. 

14,  15.  I'll  pay  my  Vows  amongll  his  Saints, 

whof3  Blood  (howe'er  defpis'd 
By  wicked  Men)  in  God's  Account 

is  always  highly  priz'd  : 
16.  By  various  Ties,  O  Lord,  mull  i 

to  thy  Dominion  bow  ; 
Thy  humble  Handmaid's  Son  before, 

thy  ranfom'd  Captive  now  ! 

27,  18.  To  Thee  I'll  Ofl'Vings  bring  of  Praife  ; 

and  whilii:  I  blefs  thy  Name, 
The  juil  Performance  of  my  Vows 

to  all  thy  Saints  proclaim. 

19.  They 


214    P  S  A  L  M^cxvi,  cxvii,  cxviii. 

19.  They  in  Jemfalcm  fliall  meet, 

and  in  thy  Houfe  Ihall  join, 
To  blefs  thy  Name  with  one  Confent, 

and  mix  their  Songs  with  mine.    - 
PSALM  CXVJI. 
I   TT  7ITH  chearfu)  Notes  let  all  the  Earth 

W       to  Heav'n  their  Voices  raife  : 
Let  all,  infpir'd  with  godly  Mirth, 

fing  folemn  Hymns  of  Praife. 
2.  God's  tender  Mercy  knows  no  Bound, 

.  Jiis  Truth  fhail  ne'er  decay  ; 
Then  let.  the  willing  Nations  round, 

their  grateful  Tribute  pay. 

PSALM   cxviir. 

1,  ^^  Praife  the  Lord,  for  He  is  good, 

2,  \J      his  Mercies  ne'er  decay  : 
That  his  kind  Favours  ever  laft, 

let  thankful  7/r'f/  fay. 

3,  4.  Their  Senfe  of  his  eternal  Love, 

let  Aaronh  Houfe  exprefs  ; 

And  that  it  never  fails,  let  all 

that  fear  the  Lord,  confefs. 

3.  To  God  I  made  my  humble  Moan, 

with  Troubles  quite  oppreft  ; 
And  He  releas'd  me  from  my  Straits, 

and  granted  my  Requeft. 

6.  Since  therefore  God  does  on  my  Side 
fo  gracioufly  appear, 

Why  fliould  the  vain  Attempts  of  Men 
poffefs  my  Soul  with  Fear  ? 

7.  Since  God  with  thofe  that  aid  my  Caufe 
vouchfafes  my  Part  to  take, 

To  all  my  Foes,  I  need  not  doubt, 
a  jull  Return  to  make. 

8,  9.  For 


PSALM  cxviii.  215. 

C,  9.   For  better  *tis  to  trull  in  God, 

and  have  the  Lord  our  Friend, 
Than  on  the  greateft  human  Pow'r 

for  Safety  to  depend.  . 

■10,   II.  Tho*  many  Nations  clofely  leagu'd, 

did  oft  hefet  me  round  : 
Yet  by  his  boundlefs  Pow'r  fuilain'd, 

I  did  their  Strength  confound. 

12.  They  fwarm'd  like  Bees,  and  yet  their  Rage, 
was  but  a  fliort-liv'd  Blaze  ; 

Por  whiill  on  God  I  iHll  rely'd, 
I  vanquifh'd  them  with  Eafe. 

13.  When  all  united  prefs'J  me  hard, 
in  hopes  to  make  me  fall  ; 

The  Lord  vouchfaf'd  to  take  my  Part, 
and  fav'd  me  from  them  all. 

14.  The  Flonour  of  m/  flrange  Efcape 
to  Him  alone  belongs  ; 

He  is  my  Saviour  and  my  Strength, 
He  only  claims  my  Songs. 

15.  Joy  filb  the  Dwelling  of  the  Juft, 
whom  God  has  fav'd  from  Harm  ; 

For  wond'rous  Things  arft  brought  to  pafs 
by  his  almighty  Arm. 

16.  He,  by  his  own  refiftlefs  Pow'r, 
has  endlefs  Honour  won  ; 

The  faving  Strength  of  his  right  Hand, 
amazing  Works  has  done. 

17.  God  will  not  fuffer  me  to  fall, 
but  ftill  prolongs  my  Days-; 

That  by  declaring  all  his  Works 
I  may  advance  his  Praife. 

18.  When 


2i6  PSALM  cxviii. 

1 8.  When  God  had  fotely  me  chaftiz'd, 
till  quite  of  Hopes  beieav'd, 

His  Mercy  From  the  Gates  of  Death 
my  f  anting  Life  repriev'd. 

19.  Then  open  wide  the  Temple  Gates 
to  which  the  Juft  repair, 

That  L  may  enter  in  and  praife 
my  gjcat  Deliv'rer  there. 

20.  21.  Within  thofe  Gates  of  God's  Abode 
to  which  the  righteous  prefs, 

Since  Thou  haft  heard,  and  fet  me  fafe, 
thy  holy  Name  I'll  blefs. 

22,  23.  That  which  the  Builders  once  refus'd, 

is  now  the  Corner  Stone. 
This  is  the  wond'rous  Woik  of  God, 

the  Work  of  God  alone. 
24,  25.  This  Day  is  God's  ;  let  all  the  Land 

exalt  their  chearful  Voice  : 
Lord,  we  befeech  thee,  fave  us  now, 

and  make  us  lull  rejoice. 

26.  Him  that  approaches  in  God's  Nsme, 
let  all  th'  Aflembly  blefs  j 

"  We  that  belong  to  God^s  own  Houfe 
«<  have  wiili'd  you  good  Succefs." 

27.  God  is  the  Lord,  through  whom  we  all 
both  Light  and  Comfort  find  ;* 

Faft  to  the  Altar's  Horns  with  Cords 
the  chofen  Vidim  bind. 

28.  Thou  art^ny  Lord,  O  God,  and  ftill 
I'll  praife  thy  holy  Name  ; 

Becaufe  Thou  only  art  my  God, 
I'll  celebrate  thy  Fame. 

29.  O 


PSALM    cxviil,  cxix.       217 

29    O  then  with  me  give  Thanks  to  God, 

who  ftill  does  gracious  prove  ; 
And  let  the  Tribute  of  our  Praife 

be  endlefs  as  his  Love. 

PSALM    CXIX»     A  L  L  P  H. 
I    T  TOW  blefs'd  ai-e  they  who  always  keep 

JlX      ^he  P"^^  2nd  perfeft  Way  ! 
WHio  never  from  the  {iicred  Paths 

of  God's  Commandments  llray  ! 

2.  Thrice  blefs'd  !  who  to  hts  righteous  Laws 
have  ilill  obedient  been  ! 

And  have  with  fervent  humble  Zeal 
his  Favour  fought  to  win  ! 

3.  Sach  Men  their  utmoft  Caution  ufe 
to  fhun  each  wicked  Dee^  ; 

But  in  the  Path  which  He  diredb 
with  conftant  Care  proceed. 

4.  Thou  ftridly  haft  erjoin'd  us,  Lord, 

to  learn  thy  facred  Will  ; 
And  all  our  Diligence  employ 
thy  Statutes  to  fulii!. 

5.  O  then  that  thy  moft  holy  Will 
might  o'er  my  Ways  prefide  ! 

And  I  tlie  Courfe  of  all  my  Life 
by  thy  Diredion  guide  ! 

6.  Then  with  AiTurance  ihould  I  walk, 
from  ail  Confufion  free  ; 

Convinc'd  with  Joy,  that  all  my  Ways 
with  thy  Commands  agree. 

7.  My  upright  Heart  fhall  my  glad  Moufh 
v/ith  chearful  Praifes  fill  ; 

When,  by  thy   righteous  Judgments  taught, 
I  fhall  have  learnt  tbv  Will. 

K      '  R.   c. 


2i8         PSALM  cxix. 

8.  So  to  thy  facred  Law  fliall  I 
aH  due  Obfervance  pay  : 

O  then  forfake  me  not,  my  God, 
nor  call  mc  quite  away. 

BETH. 

9.  How  fhall  the  Young  preferve  their  Ways 
from  all  Pollution  free  ? 

By  making  IHJI  their  Courfe  of  Life 
with  thy  Commands  agree. 

10.  With  hearty  Zeal  for  Thee  I  feek, 
to  Thee  for  Succour  pray  ; 

O  fiiffer  not  my  carelefs  Steps 
from  thy  right  Paths  to  ftray. 

11.  Safe  in  my  Heart,  and  clofely  hid, 
thy  Word,  my  Treafure,  lies  ; 

To  fuccour  me  with  timely  Aid, 
when  fmful  Thoughts  arife. 

12.  Secur'd  by  that,  my  grateful  Soul 
fliall  ever  blefs  thy  Name  : 

O  teach  me  then  by  thy  juft  Laws 
my  future  Life  to  frame. 

13.  My  Lips,  unlock'd  by  pious  Zeal, 
to  others  have  declar'd  ; 

How  well  the  Judgments  of  thy  Mouth 
deferve  our  beft  Regard. 

14.  Whilft  in  the  Way  of  thy  Commands 
more  folid  joy  I  found, 

Than  had  I  been  with  vaft  Increafe 
of  envy'd  Riches  crown'd. 


i 


15.  Therefore  thy  juft  and  upright  Laws 

Ihall  always  fill  my  Mind, 
Ar\d  thofe  found  Rules  which  thou  prefcrib'fl, 

AlldueRefpea  Ihall  find. 

16.  To 


PSALM   cxix.  2 

1 6.  To  keep  thy  Statutes  undefac'd 

fhall  be  my  conftant  Jov   ; 

"  The  ftrivfl  Remembrance  of'thy  Word 

fhall  all  my  Thoughts  employ. 

G  I  M  E  L. 

17-  Be  gracious  to  thy  Servant,  Lord, 

do  Thou  my  Life  defand. 
That  I  according  to  thy  Word 
my  Time  to  come  may  fpend. 

18.  Enlighten  both,  my  Eyes  and  Mind, 
that  fo  I  may  difcern 

The  wondrous  Things  which  they  behold, 
who  thy  jull  Precepts  learn. 

19.  Tho'  like  a  Stranger  in  the  Land, 
from  Piace  to  Place  I  ftray. 

Thy  righteous  Judgments  from  my  Sight, 

remove  not  Thou  away. 
.20.  My  fainting  Soul  is  almoft  pin'd, 

with  earneft  Longing  fpent ; 
Whilrt  always  orf  the  eager  Search 
ofthyjuil  Will  intent. 

21.  thy  iharp  Rebuke  fhall  crufh  the  Vrox^d-, 
whom  flill  thy  Curfe  purfues  ; 

Since  they  to  walk  in  thy  right  Ways 
prefumptuoufly  refufe. 

22.  But  far  from  me  do  Thou,  O  Lord, 
Contempt  and  Shame  remove  ; 

For  I  thy  facred  Laws  afFeft 
with  undiflembled  Loffe. 

23.  Tho*  Princes  ofr,  in  Council  met, 
agamft  thy  Servant  fpake  ; 

^et  I  thy  Statutes  to  obferve, 
Hiy  conftant  Bus'nefs  make. 

K  2  3^.    Fof 


220  PSALM    cxix. 

24.  For  thy  Commands  have  always  been 
my  Comfort  and  Delight  ; 

By  them  I  learn  with  prudent  Care, 
to  guide  my  Steps  aright. 
D  J  L  E  T  H. 

25.  My  Soul  opprefs'd  with  deadly  Care, 
clofe  to  the  Duft  does  cleave  ; 

Revive  me,  Lord,  and  let  me  now 
thy  promis'd  Aid  receive. 

26.  'I'o  Thee  I  ftill  declar'd  my  Ways, 
and  thou  inclin'dll  thine  Ear  ; 

O  teach,  m^e  then  my  future  Life 
by  thy  juft  Laws  to  fteer. 

2".  If  Thou  wilt  make  me  know  thy  Laws, 

and  by  thy  Guidance  walk, 
The  wondVous  Works  which  Thou  haft  done, 

Ihall  be  my  conftant  Talk. 

28.  But  fee,  my  Soul  within  me  fmks, 
prefs'd  down  with  weighty  Care ; 

Bo  Thou,  according  to  thy  Word, 
my  wafted  Strength  repair. 

29.  Far,  far  from  me  be  all  falfe  Ways, 
and  lying  Arts  remov'd  ! 

But  kindly  grant  I  ftill  may  keep 
the  Path  by  Thee  approv'd. 

30.  Thy  faithful  Way?,  thou  God  of  Truth, 
my  happy  Choice  I've  made  \  ^ 

Thy  Judgments,  as  my  Rule  of  Life, 
''before  me  always  laid. 

31.  My  Care  has  been  to  make  my  Life 
with  thy  Commands  agree  ;  " 

O  then  preferve  thy  Servant,  Lord, 
from  Shame  and  Ruin  free. 

32.  So 


PSALM    cxix.  221 

32.  So  in  the  Way  of  thy  Commands 
fhall  I  with  Pleafure  run. 

And  with  a  Heart  enlarg'd  with  Joy, 
fuccefsfully  go  on. 

HE, 

33.  Inflru6i:  me  in  thy  Statutes,  Lord, 
thy  righteous  Paths  difplay  ; 

And  I  from  them,  through  all  my  Life, 

will  never  go  aftray. 
3^.  If  Thou  true  Wifdom  from  ^bovs 

wilt  gracioufly  impart, 
To  keep  thy  perfed  Laws  I  will 

devote  my  zealous  Heart. 

35.  D;re6l  me  'n  the  facred  Ways 
to  which  thy  Precepts  lead  ; 

Becaufe  my  chief  Delight  has  been 
thy  righteous  Paths  to  tread. 

36.  Do  Thou  to  thy  moil  jult  Commands 
incline  my  willing  Heart  ; 

Let  no  Deiire  of  worldly   Wealth 
from  Thee  my.  Thoughts  divert. 

37.  From  thofe  vain  Objefls  turn  my  Eyes, 
which  this  falfe  World  difplay s  ; 

But  give  me  lively  Power  and  Strength 
to  keep  thy  righteous  Ways. 

38.  Confirm  the  Prom ife  which  Thou  madTt, 
and  give  thy  Servant  Aid, 

Who  to  tranfgrefs  thy  facred  Laws 
is  awfully  afraid. 

39.  The  foul  Difgrace  I  juftly  fear, 
in  Mercy,  Lord,  remove  ; 

For  all  the  Judgments  Thou  ordain'll 
are  full  of  Grace  and  Love. 

K"  3  40.  Thou 


222  PSALM   cxix. 

40.  Thou  know'il  how,  after  thy  Commands, 

my  longing  Heart  does  pant ; 
Q.  then  make  haite  to  raife  me  up, 

and  prcmis'd  Succour  grant. 
VAX], 
4!.  Thy  conftant  Blefling,  Lord,  bellow 

to  chear  my  drooping  Heart  ;  ^ 

To  me,  according  to  thy  Word, 

thy  faving  Healtii  impart. 
42.  So  fliall  I,  when  my  Foes  upbraid, 

this  leady  Anfvver  make  ; 
f-*  In  God  I  truft,  who  1  ever  will 

^*  hrs  faithful  Promife  break." 

43..  Then  let  not  quite  the  Word  of  Truth 

be  from  my  Mouth  remov'd  ; 
Since  11:111  my  Ground  of  Hedfail  Hope 

'  thy  juil  Decrees  have  proved. 
^4.  So  I  to  keep  thy  righteous  Laws, 

will  all  my  Study  bend  ; 
From  Ago.  to  Age,  my  Time  to  come 
-    in  their  Obtervance  fpend. 

45.  E'er  long  I  trull  to  walk  at  large, 
from  all  incumbrance  free  ; 

Since  I  refolve  to  make  my  Life  - 
with  thy  Commands  agree. 

46.  Thy  Laws  Ihall  be  my  conllant  Talk  ; 
and  Piinces  fliall  attend, 

While  i  the  Juftice  of  thy  Ways 
with  Confidence  defend. 

47.  My  longing  Heart  and  ravilh'd  Soul 
Ihall  both  o'erflovv  with  Joy, 

When  in^thy  lov'd  Commandments  I 
my  happy  Hours  employ. 

48.  Thcr. 


PSALM    cxix.  22;5 

48.  Then  will  I  to  thy  jufl  Decrees 
lift  up  my  willing  Hands  : 

My  Care  and  Bus'nefs  then  fhall  be 
to  ftudy  thy  Commands. 
Z  A  I  N. 

49.  According  to  thy  promis'd  Grace, 
thy  Favour,  Lord,  extend  ; 

Make  good  to  me  the  Word,  on  which 
thy  Servant's  Hopes  depend. 

50.  That  only  Comfort  in  Dillrefs 
did  all  my  Griefs  controul  ; 

Thy  Word,  v>'hen  Troubles  hemm'd  me  round, 
reviv'd  my  fainting  Soul. 

51.  Infulting  Foes  did  proudly  mock, 
and  all  my  Hopes  deride  ; 

Yet,  from  thy  Lasv,  not  all  their  Scoffs 
could  make  me  turn  afide. 

52.  Thy  Judgments  then,  of  ancient  Date, 
I  quickly  cali'd  to  mind, 

'Till  ravilh'd  with  fuch  Thoughts,  my  Soul 
did  fpeedy  Comfort  find. 

53.  Sometimes  I  fland  amaz'd,  like  one 
with  deadly  Horror  Ilruck, 

To  think  how  all  my  finfi;l  Foes 
have  thy  juil  Laws  forfook. 

54.  But  1  thy  Statutes  and  Decrees 
my  cheaiful  Anthems  made  ; 

Whillt  thro'  ftrange  Lands  and  Defarts  wild 
I  like  a  Pilgrim  ftray'd,   ' 

55.  Thy  Name,  that  chear'd  my  Heart  by  Day, 
has  lill'd  my 'Thoughts  by  Night  ; 

I  then  refolv'd  by  thy  jull  Laws, 
to  guide  my  Steps  aright. 

K  4  56.  That 


224  PSALM  cxix. 

56.  That  Peace  of  Mind,  which  has  my  Soul 
in  deep  Diilreis  fuftain'd. 

By  ftiid  Obedience  to  thy  Will 
I  happily  obtain'd. 

C  H  E  T  H. 

57.  O  Lord,  my  God,  my  Portion  Thou 
and  fure  PoiTeffion  art  ; 

Thy  Words  I  ftedfaftly  refolve 
to  treafure  in  my  Heart. 

58.  With  all  the  Strength  of  warm  Defires 
I  did  thy  Grace  implore  ; 

Bifclofe,  according  to  thy  Word, 
thy  Mercies  boundlefs  Store. 

59.  With  due  Refledion  and  ftridl  Care 
on  all  my  Ways  I  thought  ; 

And  (o,  reclalm'd  to  thy  juft  Paths, 
my  wand'ring  Steps  I  brought. 

60.  J  loil  no  Time,  but  made  great  Hafte, 
refolv'd,  without  Delay, 

To  watch,  that  I  might  never  more 
from  thy  Commandments  llray. 

6i.  Tho'  num'rous  Troops  of  fmful  Men 

to  rob  me  have  combined  ; 
Yet  I  thy  pure  and  righteous  Laws 

have  ever  kept  in  mind. 
6z.  In  dead  of  Night  I  will  arife 

to  fmg  thy  folenin  Praife  ; 
Convinc'd  how  much  I  alv/ays  ought 

to  love  thy  righteous  Ways. 

6j.  To  fuch  as  fear  thy  holy  Name, 

myfelf  I  clolely  join  ; 
To  all  who  their  obedient  Wills 
to  thy  Commands  refign. 

64.  O'er 


P  S  A  L  M'    cxix.  225 

64.  O'er  all  the  Earth  thy  Mercy,  Lord, 

abundantly  is  fhed  ; 
O  make  me  then  exadly  learn 

thy  facred  Paths  to  tread. 
7  E  t  H. 
6^.  With  me,  thy  Servant,  Thou  haft  dealt 

mod  graciouily,   O  Lord, 
Repeated  Benefits  beftow'd, 

according  to  thy  Word. 
66.  Teach  me  the  kcred  Skill,  by  which 

right  Judgment  is  attain'd, 
Who  in  Belief  of  thy  Commands 

have  ftedfaflly  rem?in'd. 

6j.  Before  Affliilion  ilopp'd  my  Courfe, 

my  Footfteps  went  ailray  ; 
But  I  have  fmce  been  difciplin'd, 

thy  Precepts  to  obey. 

68.  Thou  art,  O-Lord,  fupremely  good, 
and  ail  Thou  doil  is  fo  ; 

On  me,  thy  Statutes  to  difcem, 
thy  faving  Skill  beftow. 

69.  The  proud  have  forg'd  malicious  Lies, 
my  fpotlefs  Fame  to  ftain  ; 

But  my  fixM  Heart,  without  Refeive, 
thy  Precepts  fhall  retain. 

70.  While  pamper'd  they,  with  profp'rous  Illf, 
in  fenfual  Pleafures  live, 

My  Soul  can  relilh  no  Delight, 
but  what  thy  Precepts  give. 

71.  'Tis  good  for  me  that  I  have  felt 
AfHiaion's  chaft'ning  Rod, 

That  [  might  duly  learn  and  keep 
the  Statutes,  of  my  God. 

K  5  72.  The 


226  PSA  L  M    cxi;c 

yi.  The  Law  that  from  thy  Mouth  proceeds, 

of  more  Efteem  I  hold. 
Than  untouch'd  Mine?,  tbru\   thoufand  Mine? 

of  Silver  and  of  Gold. 

y  o  D. 

73.  7'o  me,  who  am  the  VVorkmaiilliip 

of  thy  almighty  Hands, 
'J 'he  hea v'nly  Underdandi hg  give 

to  learn  thy  jnft  Commands. 
My  Prefervation  to  thy  Saints 

ilrong  Comfort  will  afford,  *    - 

To  fee  Succefs  attend  my  Hopes, 

who  trulled  in  thy  Word. 

75.  That  right  thy  Judgments  are,  I  now 
by  fure  Experience  fee  ; 

And  that  in  Faith fulnefs,   O  Lord, 
Thou  haft  afiiidled  me. 

76.  O  let  thy  tender  Mercy  now 
afford   me  needful  Aid  : 

Accordiiig  to  thy  Promife,  Lord, 
to  me  thy  Servant  made. 

77.  To  me  thy.faving  Grace  reflore, 
that  I  again  may  live  ; 

Whofe  Soul  can  relifh  no  Delight, 

hut  what  thy  Precepts  give. 
^8.  Defeat  the  proud,  who  unprovok'd, 

to  ruin  me  have  fought, 
Who  only  on  thy  facred  Laws 

employ  my  harmlefs  Thought." 

79.  Let  thofe  that  fear  thy  Name  efpoufe 

my  Caufe,  nnd  thcfe^alone, 
Who  ha\e  by  il;ict  and  pious  Searchr 

ihy  facred  Precepts  known. 

80,  la 


PSALM   cxix.  227 

$0.  In  thy  bleft  Statutes  let  my  Heart 

continue  always  found. 
That  Guilt  and  Shame,  the  Sinner's  Lot, 

may  never  me  confound. 
C  A'  P  IL 

81.  My  Soul  with  long  Expedance  faints 
to  fee  thy  faving  Grace  : 

Yet  ftill  on  thy  unerring  Word 
my  Confidence  I  place. 

82.  My  very  Eyes  confume  and  fail 
with  waiting  for  thy  Word  ; 

O  !  when  wilt  Thou  thy  kind  Relief 
and  promis'd  Aid  afford  ? 

83.  My  Skin  like  fhrivel'd  Parchment  fhows, 
that  long  in  Smoak  is  fet ; 

Yet  no  Aiflidi  m  me  can  force 
thy  Statutes  to  forget. 

84.  How  many  Days  mull  I  endure 
of  Sor/o\v  and    Diftrefs  ? 

When  wilt  Thou  Judgment  execute 
on  them  who  mt  opprefs  ? 

85.  The  proud  have  digg'd  a  Pit  for  me, 
who  have  no  oil^r  foes, 

But  fuch  as  are  averie  to  thee, 
and  thy  jull  Laws  oppofe. 

86.  With  Right  and  Truth's  eternal  Laws 
all  thy  Commands  agree  ; 

Men  perfecute  me  without  Caufe, 
Thou,  Lord,  my  Helper  be. 

uSj.  With  clofe  Defigns  a^ainll  my  Life 

they  had  almoU  prevail'd  ; 
But  in  Obedience  to  thy   Will 

my  Duty  never  fail'd  ; 

88.  Thy 


PSA  L  M 


cxi>. 


So,  Thy  wonted  KindneiV,  Lord,  reirore, 

my  ujoopino;  Heart  to  chear  ; 
That  by  ihy  righteous  Statutes,  I 

n^y  Life's  whole  Courfe  mav  lleer, 
L  A  M  E  D. 
Bg-  For  ever,  and  for  ever.  Lord, 

un than g'd  thou  doll  remain  ; 
Thy  Word,  eflablifli'd  ip  the  Hcav'n?,, 

does  all  their  Orbs  fuHain. 

90.  Thro'  circling  Ages,  Lord,  thy  Truth 
immoveable  lliall  Hand, 

As  doth  the  Earth,  which  Thou  uphold'ft 
by  thy  almighty  Hand. 

91.  All  Thinc^s  the  Courfe  by  Thee  ordain'd> 
ev'n  to  thi^  Day  fulfill  ; 

They  are  thy  faithful  Subjefts  all, 
and  Servants  of  thy  Will. 

92.  Unlefs  thy  facred  Law  had  been 
my  Comfort  and  Delight, 

I  mufr  have  fainted,  and  expir'd 
in  daik  Affiiaion's  Night. 

93.  Thy -Precepts  therefore  from  my  Tho'ts 
ihali  never,  Lord,  depsaj-t  ; 

For  Thou  by  them  haft  to  new  Life 
reIloi"d  my  dying  Heart. 

94.  As  I  am  thine,  entirely  thine, 
protect  me,  Lord,  from  Harm  ; 

Who  have  thy  Precepts  fought  to  know, 
and  carefully  perform. 

95.  The  Wicked  have  their  Ambulh  laid 
my  gui  1  tie fs  Life  to  take  ; 

But  in  tire  midil  of  Danger  I 
thy  Vr^ord  mv  Study  make, 
^  '  96.  I  ve 


PSALM  cxix.  229 

96.  Vve  feen  an  End  of  what  we  call 
Perfeftlon  here  belo  v  : 

Eut  thy  Commandments  like  Thyfelf, 
no  Change  or  Period  know. 
M  E  M. 

97.  The  Love  that  to  thy  Laws  I  bear, 
no  Language  can  difplav  ; 

They  with  frefh  Wonders  entertain 

my  raviih'd  Thoughts  all  Day. 
-98.  Thro'  thy  Commands  I  wifer  grow 

than  all  my  fubtle  Foes  ; 
For  thy  fare  Word  dothjne  direft, 

and  all  my  Ways  dilpofe. 

99 .  From  me,  my  former  Teachers  now 
may  abler  Counfel  take  ; 

Becaufe  thy  facred  Precepts  I 
my  conllant  Study  make. 

100.  In  Underltanding  I  excel 
the  Sages  of  our  Days  ; 

Becaufe  by  thy  unerring  Rules 
I  order  all  my  Ways. 

101.  My  Feet  with  Care  I  have  refrain'd 
from  ev'ry   fmful   Way, 

That  to  thy  facred   Word  I  might 
entire  Obedience  pay. 

102.  .1  have  not  from  thy  Judgments  IlrayM, 
by  vain  Defires- mified  ; 

For,  Lord,  Thou  hail  inilrufted  me 
thy  righteous  Paths  to  tread. 

103.  How  fweet  are  all  thy  Words  to  me  }^ 
O  what  divine  Repail  ! 

How  much  more  grateful  to  my  Soul, 
than  Honey  to  mj  Tafts  ! 

104.  Taugh( 


230  PSALM    cxix. 

1 04.  Taught  by  thy  facred  Precepts,  I 
with  heav'nly  Skill  am  Meft, 

Thro'  which,  the  treach'jous  Ways  of  Sin 
I  utterly  deteft. 

N  U  N. 

105.  Thv  Word  is  to  my  Feet  a  Lamp,, 
the  Way  of  Truth  to  fhow  ; 

A  W^tch-ljght  to  point  out  the  Path, 
in  which  I  ought  to  go. 

106.  I  fware  (and  from  my  folemn  Oath 
I'D  never  ftart  afide) 

That  in  thy  righteous  Judgments  I 
will  fledfaltly  abide. 

107.  Since  I  with  Griefs  am  fo  oppreft, 
that  I  can  bear  no  more  ; 

According  to  thy  Worv^  do  Thou 
my  fainting  Soul  reftore. 

108.  Let  Itill  my  Sacrifice  ofPraife 
with  Thee  Acceptarce  find.; 

And  in  thy  righteour  Judgments,  Lord^ 
inftrudl  my  willing  Mind* 

109.  yho*  ghafily  Dangers  me  furround, 
my  Soul  they  cannot  awe,    ■ 

Nor  with  continual  Terrors  keep 
from  thinking  on  thy  Law. 

1 10    My  wicked  and  invet'rate  Foes 
for  me  their  Snares  have  laid  ; 

Yet  I  have  kept  the  upright  Path, 
nor  from  thy  Precepts  ftray'd. 

HI.  Thy  Teftimonies  I  have  made 
',       my  Heritage  and  Choice  ; 

for  they,  when  other  Comforts  fail„ 
•my  drooping  Heart  rejoice. 


112.  My 


PSALM  cxix.       X     231 

112.  My  Heart  with  early  Zeal  began 
thy  Statutes  to  obey  ; 

And  'till  my  Courfe  of  Life  is  done 
fhall  keep  thy  upright  Wav. 
S  J  M  E  C  H. 

113.  Deceitful  Thoughts  and  Praftices 
I  utterly  detell  ; 

But  to  thy  Law  AfFeftion  bear 

too  great  to  be  exprefs'd. 
1 14..  My  Hiding-place,  my  Refuge-Tosver, 

and  Shield  art  Thou,  O  Lord  ; 
I  firmly  anchor  all  mv  Hopes 

on  thy  unerring  Word. 

1 15.  Hence  ye  that  trade  in  Wickedne(s, 
approach  not  my  Abode  ; 

For  firmly  I  refolve  to  keep 
the  Precepts  of  jny  God. 

116.  According  to  thy  gracious  Word, 
from  Dinger  fet  me  free  ; 

Nor  m.ik"  me  of  ;hofe  Hopes  afham'd, 
th  t  I  lepofe  on  Thee. " 

117.  UphoLl  me,  fo  HiaU  F  be  fafe, 
and  refcuM  from  Dl'trefs  ; 

To  thy  Decrees  conrinua'ly 
mv  jafl  Ref.^eil  aidrefs. 

118.  The  Wicked. Thou  hr-.ft  trod  to  Earth, 
who  from  thy  S:af  ites  ftray'd  ; 

Their  vile  Dj^eit  the  juft  Reward 
of  their  own  Falihood  made. 

J 1 7.   The  Wicked  from  thy  holy  Land 

Thou  doit  like  Drofs  remove  ; 
Jtherefore,  with  fach  JulVice.  charm'd, 
>    thy  Te.Umoaies  love. 

120.  Yet 


232  FS^A^I^m   aciK. 

1 20.  Yet  with  that  Love  they  make  me  dreid, 
left  I  fhould  fo  oiFend,. 

When  on  TranfgreiTors  1  behold  . 
thy  Judgments  thus  defcend. 

^  A  I  n:     ■ 

121.  Judgment  and  Juftice  I  have  lov'd  ; 
O  therefore,  Lord,   engage 

In  my  Defence,  nor  give  me  up 
to  my  OpprefTor's  Rage. 

122.  Do  Thou  be  Surety,  Lord,  forme, 
and  fo  fhall  this  Diftrefs 

Prove  good  for  me  ;  nor  (hall  the  proud 
my  guiltlefs  Soul  opprefs. 

123.  My  Eyes,  alas !  begin  to  fail, 
in  long  Expeilance  held  ; 

'Till  thy  Salvation  they  behold, 

and  righteous  V/ord  fuifiU'd. 
324.  To  me,  thy  Servant  in  Diftrefs, 

thy  wonted  Grace  difplay. 
And  difcipline  my  willing  Heart 

thy  Statutes  to  obey. 

125.  On  me,  devoted  to  thy  Fear, 

thy  facred  Skill  beftow^. 
That  of  thy  Tcftimonies  I 

the  full  Extent  may  know. 
J  26.  'Tis  Time,  high  Time  for  thee,  O  Lord, 

.thy  Vengeance  to  employ. 
When  Men  with  open  Violence 

thy  facred  Law  deftroy. 

127.  Yet  their  Contempt  of  thy  Commands 

but  makes  their  Value  rife 
In  my  Efteem,  who  puieft  Gold 

compar'd  with  them  defpife. 

128.  Thy 


PSALM  cxix.  233 

128.  Thy  Precepts  therefore  I  account, 
in  all  Relpefls,   divine  : 

They  teach  me  to  dilcern  the  right, 
and  all  falfe  Ways  decline. 
P  E. 

129.  The  Wonders  which  thy  Laws  contain, 
no  Words  can  reprefent ; 

Therefore  to  learn  and  praftife  them, 
my  zealous  Heart  is   bent. 

130.  The  very  Entrance  to  thy  Word 
coeleilial  Light  difplays, 

And  Knowledge  of  true  Happinefs 
to  iimplell  Minds  conveys. 

131.  With  eager  Hopes  I  waiting  ftood. 
and  fainted  with  Defire, 

That  of  thy  wife  Commands  I  might 
the  facred  Skill  acquire. 

132.  With  Favoar,  Lord,  look  down  on  me, 
who  thy  Relief  implore  ; 

As  Thou  ait  wont  to  vifit  thofe 
that  thy  bleil:  Name  adore. 

133.'  DIrefled  by  thy  heav'nly  Word,    ^ 

let  all  my  Footlleps  be  ; 
Nor  Wickednefs  of  any  kind 

dominion  have  o'er  me. 
I3|.  Releafe,  entirely  fet  me  free 

from  peifecuting  Hands,  s 

Tiiat,  unmoleited,  I  may  learn 

and  prad:ife  thy  Commands. 

135.  On  me,  devoted  to  thy  Fear, 
Lord,  make  thy  Face  to  ihine  : 

Thy  Statutes  both  to  know  and  keep, 
my  Heart  with  Zeal  incline. 

136.  My 


234  PSALM  cxix. 

136.  My  Eyesto  weeping  Fountains  turn, 
whence  briny  Rivers  flow:. 

To  fee  Mankind  againft  thy  Laws 
in  b'old  Defiance  go. 

T  S  J  D  D  J. 

137.  Thou  art  the  righteous  Judge,  in  whom 
wrong'd  Innocence  may  trult  ; 

And,  h'ke  Thy felf,  thy  Judgments,  Lord,' 
in  all  Refpeds  are  juft. 

138.  Mofl  juft  and  true  thofe  Statutes  were, 
which  Thou  didft-iirlt  decree  ; 

And  all  with  Faithfulnefs  }ierform*d, 
fucceeding  Times  Ihall  fee. 

139.  With  Zeal  my  Flefh  confumes  away, 
my  Soul  with  Anguifli  frets, 

To  fee  my  Foes  contemn  at  once 
thy  Promifcs  and  Threats. 

140.  Yet  each  negledled  Word  of  thine 
(howe'er  by  them  defpis'd) 

Is  pure,  and  for'  eternal  Truth 
by  me,  thy  Servant,  priz'd. 

141.  Brought,  for  thy  fake,  to  low  Eflate, 
Contempt  from  all  I  find  ; 

Yet  no  Affronts  or  Wrongs  can  drive 
thy  Precepts  from  my  Mind. 

142.  Thy  Righteoufnefs  fliall  then  endure, 
when  Time  itfelf  is  pail  ; 

Thy  Law  is  Truth  itfelf,  that'  Tiuth 
which  fliall  forever  lall. 

143.  Tho'   Trouble,    Anguilh,   Doubt?,    and 
to  compafs  me  unite,  [Dread 

Befet  with  Danger,  fJll  I  make 
thy  Precepts  my  Delight. 

144.  Eternal 


PSALM    cxix.  235 

144.  Eternal  and  unerring  Rules 
thy  Teftimonies  give  : 

Teach  me  the  Wifdom  that  will  make 
my  Soul  for  ever; live. 
K  O  P  H. 

145.  With  my  whole  Heart  to  God  I  call'd, 
'  Lord,  hear  my  earneft  Cry  ; 

And  I,  thy  Statutes  to  perform, 
will  all  my  Cafe  apply. '     ~ 

146.  Again  more  fervently  I  pray'd, 
O  fave  me,  that  I  may 

Thy  Teftimonies  throughly  know, 
and  ftedfallly  obey. 

147.  My  earlier  Pray'r  the  dawning  Day 
prevented,   while  I  cry'd 

To  Him   on  whofe  engaging  Word 
my  Hope  alone  rely'd. 

148.  With  Zeal  have  I  awak'd  before 
the  midnight  Watch  was  fet, 

That  I  of  thy  myiierious  Word 

might  perfect  Knowledge  get.  ' 

149.  Lord,  hear  my  fuppHcating  Voice, 
and  wonted  Favour  fhew  ; 

O  quicken  me,  and  fo  approve 
thv  Judgments  ever  true. 

150.  My  perfecuting  Foes  advance, 
and  hourly  nearer  draw  ; 

What  Treatment  can  I  hope  from  them' 
who  violate  thy  Law  f 

l^i.  Tho'  they  draw  nigh,  my  Comfort  is 
Thou,  Lord,   art  yec  more  near  ; 

Thou,  whofe  Commands  are  righteous  all, 
thy  Promifes  fincere. 

152.  Con- 


236  P  S  A  L  M    cxix. 

152.  Concerning  thy  divine  Decrees, 
my  Soul  has  known  of  old 

That  they  were  true,  and  (hall  their  Truth 
to  endlefs  Ages  hold. 

R  £  S  C  H. 

153.  Confider  tny  Affliftion,  Lord, 
and  me  from  Bondage  draw  ; 

.  Think  on  thy  Servant  in  DiftreO, 
who  ne'er  forgets  thy  Law. 

154.  Plead  Thou  my  Caufe  ;  to  tliat  and  me 
thy  timely  Aid  aiford  ; 

With  Beams  of  Mercy  quicken  me, 
according  to  thy  VVord, 

155.  From  hardened  Sinners  Thou  remov'll 
Salvation  far  away. 

'Tis  jull  Thou  fhould'it  withdraw  from  them, 
who  from  thy  Statutes  ftray. 

156.  Since  great  thy  tender  Mercies  are 
to  all  who  Thee  adore  ; 

According  to  thy  Judgments,   Lord, 
my  fainting  Hopes  reitore. 

157.  A  num'rous  Hod  of -fpiteful  Foes 
againft  my  Life  combine  ; 

But  all  too  few  to  force  my  Soul 
thy  Statutes  to  decline. 

158.  Thofe  bold  Tranfgrefibrs  I  beheld, 
and  was  with  Grief  oppiefsM, 

To  fee  with  what  audacious  Pride 
thy  Covenant  they  tranfgrefs'd. 

159.  Yet  while  they  flight,  conlider,  Lord, 
how  I  thy  Precepts  love  ; 

O  therefore  quicken  me  with  Beams 
of  Mercy  from  above. 

160,  As 


PSALM    cxix.  237 

160.  As  from  the  Birth  of  Time  thy  Truth 
has  held  through  Ages  pail, 

So  fliall  thy  righteous  Judgments,  firm, 
to  endlefs  Ages  1  ail. 

S  CHIN, 

161.  Tho'  mighty  Tyrants,  without  Caufe, 
confpire  my   Blood  to   ihed. 

Thy  facred  Word  has  Pow'r  alone 
to  fill  my  Heart  with  Dread. 

162.  And  yet  that  Word  my  joyful  Ereaft 
with  heav'nly  Rapture  warms, 

Nor  Conqueft,  nor  the  Spoils  of  War, 
have  fuch  tranfporting  Charms. 

163.  Perfidious  Pradlices  and  Lies 
I  utterly  deteft  ;  , 

But  to  thy   Laws  AfFe^lion  bear, 
too  vail  to  be  exprelh 

164.  Sev'n  times  a  Day,  with  grateful  Voice, 
thy  Praif?s  I  refound, 

Becaufe  I  find  thy  Judgments  all 

with  Truth  and  Jullice  crown'd. 

165.  Secure,  fubftantial  Peace  have  they 
who  truly  love  thy  Law  ; 

No  fmiling  Mifchief  them  can  tempt, 
nor  frowning  Danger  awe. 

166.  For  thy  Salvation  I  have  hop'd, 
and  though  fo  long  delay'd. 

With  chearful  Zeal  and  Ibidell  Care 
all  thy  Commands  obey. 

167.  Thy  Teilimonies  I  have  kept, 
and  conftantly  obey'd  ; 

Becaufe  the  Love  I  bore  to  them, 
thy  Service  eafy  made. 

168.  From 


238  PSALM   cxix. 

168.  From  flridl  Obfervance  of  thy  Laws 
I  never  yet  withdrew  ; 

Convinc'd  that  my  moft  fecret  Ways 
are  open  to  thy  View. 
T  J  U. 

169.  To  my  Requeft  and  eameft  Cry 
attend,  O  gracious  Lord  ; 

Infpire  my  Heart  with  heav'nly  Skill, 
accort^ing  to  thy  Word. 

170.  Let  my  repeated  Pray'r  at  laft 
before  thy  Throne  appear; 

According  to  thy  plighted  Word 
for  my  Relief  draw  near. 

171.  Then  fhall  my  grateful  Lips  return 
the  Tribute  of  their  Praife, 

When  Thou  thy  Counfels  haft  reveal'd, 
and  taught  me  thy  juft  Ways.     - 

172.  My  Tongue  the  Praifes  of  thy  Word 
fhall  thankfully  refound, 

Becaufe  thy  Promifes  are  all 

with  Truth  and  Juftice  crown*d. 

173.  Let  thy  almighty  Arm  appear, 
and  bring  me  timely  Aid  ; 

For  I  the  Laws  Thou  haft  ordain'd, 

my  Heart's  free  Choice  have  made.' 

174.'  My  Soul  has  waited  long  to  fee 
thy  faving  Grace  reftorM  ; 

Nor  Comfort  knew,  but  what  thy  Laws, 
thy  heav'nly  Laws  afford. 

175.  Prolong  my  Life,  that  I  maiy  fing 

my  great  Reftorer's  Praife, 
Whofe  Juftice  from  the  Depths  of  Woes 
my  fainting   Soul  fhall  raife. 

176.  Like 


PSALM  cxlx,  cxx,  cxxi.     239 

176.  Like  fome  loft  Sheep  I've  Ilray'd,  'till  I 

defpair  my  Way  to  find  : 
Thou  therefore,  Lord,  thy  Servant  feek, 
who  keeps  thy  Laws  in  Mind. 
F  S  A  L  M    CXX. 
I    XN  deep  Diftrefs  I  oft  have  cry'd 
J^  To  God,  who  never  yet  deny'd 
To  refcue  me  opprefs'd  with  Wrongs  > 

2.  Once  more,  O  Lord,  Deliv'rance  fend, 
From  lying  Lips  my  Soul  defend, 

And  from  the  Rage  of  iland'ring  Tongues. 

3.  What  little  Profit  can  accrue, 
And  yet  what  heavy  Wrath  is  due, 

O  thou  perfidious  Tongue,  to  thee  ? 

4.  Thy  Sting  upon  thyfelf  Ihall  turn  ;. 
Of  lafting  Flames  that  fiercely  burn. 

The  conftant  Fuel  thou  ihalt  be. 

5.  But  O  !  how  wretched  is  my  Doom, 
Who  am  a  Sojourner  become 

In  barren  Mefech^  defa^t  Soil  ! 
With  Kedar's  wicked  Tents  inclos'd, 
To  lawlefs  Savages  exposed. 

Who  live  on  nought  but  Theft  and  Spoil. 

6.  My  haplefs  Dwelling  is  with  thofe 
Who  Peace  and  Amity  oppofe, 

And  Pleafurc  take  in  others  Harms  : 

7.  Sweet  Peace  i^  all  I  court  and  feek  ; 
But  when  to  them  of  Peace  I  fpeak. 

They  ftraight  cry  our.   To  Arms,  To  Arms. 
P  S  A  L  M    CXXL 
I   A-|-^0  5/Ws  Hill  I  lift  my  Eyes, 
j[^        from  thence  expecfling  Aid  ; 
2,  From  Sions  Hill  and  Sion's  God, 

who  Heav'n  and  Earth  has  made.     3.  Then 


240       PSALM    cxxi,  cxxii. 

3.  Then  thou,  my  Soul,  in  Safety  reft  ; 

thy  Guardian  will  not  fleep  : 

4.  His  watchful  Care  that  7/rV/ guards, 
will  IfrUW  Monarch  keep. 

5.  Sheltered  beneath  th'  Almighty's  Wings, 
thou  fhalt  fecurely  reft, 

6.  Where  neither  Sun  nor  Moon  fhall  thee 
by  Day  or  Night  moleft. 

7.  From  common  Accidents  of  Life 

his  Care  ill  all  guard  thee  ftill ; 
From  Evils  undefign'd,  and  Foes 
that  lie  in  wait  to  kill.^    - 

8.  At  Home,  Abroad,  in  Peace  in  War,  j 

thy  God  fhall  thee  defend  ;  .A 

Conduft  thee  thro'  Life's  Pilgrimage,  ^ 

fafe  to  thy  Journey's  end. 

PSALM    CXXII. 
I    /7\  'Twas  a  joyful  Sound  to  hear 

\^     our  Tribes  devoutly  fay, 
Up  Ij^el,  to  the  Temple  haft'e, 
and  keep  your  Feltal  Day. 

2.  AtSaiemh  Courts  we  mull  appear, 
with  our  affembled  Pow'rs  ; 

3.  In  llrong  and  beauteous  Order  lang'd, 
like  her  united  Tow'rs ; 

4.  'Tis  thither  by  divine  Command, 
the  Tribes  of  God  repair. 

Before  his  Ark  to  celebrate 

his  Name  with  Praife  and  Pray'r. 

5.  Tribunals  Hand  eredled  there, 

where  Equity  takes  place  ; 
There  ftand  the  Courts  and  Palaces 
of  royal  Da'vid's  Race. 

6.  O, 


PSALM  cxxiii,  cxxiv.        241 

6.  O  pray  we  then  for  Sahns  Vii\cCf 
for  they  fliall  profp'rous  be, 

(Thou  holy  City  of  our  God  !) 
who  hear  true  Love  to  thee. 

7.  May  Peace  within  thy  facred  Walls 
a  conilant  Gueft  be  found, 

Witk  Plenty  and  Profperity 
thy  Palaces  be  crown*d. 

8.  For  my  dear  Brethren's  Sake,  and  Friends, 
no  lefs  than  Brethren  dear, 

I'll  pray- — May  Peace  in  Snlem's  Tow*rs 
a  conftant  Gueft  appear. 

9.  But  moll  of  all,   I'll  ieck  thy  Good,- 
and  ever  wilh  thee  well, 

For  Si  on  and  the  Temple's  Sake, 
where  God  vouchfafes  to  dwelL 

P  S  A  L  M    CXXIII. 

1,  /^N  Thee,  v/ho  dwell'll  above  the  Skie?, 

2.  \J     For  Mercy  wait  my  longing  Eyes ; 
As  Servants  watch  their  Maflei  s  Ilands, 
And  Maids  their  Millrefies  Commands. 

5,  4.  O  then  have  Mercy  on  us,  Lord, 
Thy  gracious  Aid  to  us  afford  : 
To  us  whom  cruel  Foes  opprefs, 
Grown  rich  and  proud  by  ourDiftrefs.     . 

PSALM    CXXIV. 
1    T  T-^D  not  the  Lord  (may  Ifr\l  fay) 
X  A     been  pleas'd  to  interpofe  ; 

2.  Had  He  not  then  efpous'd  our  Caufe, 
when  Men  againft  us  rofe  ; 

3,  4,   c.  Their  Wrath  had  fwallow'd  us  alive, 
and  rag'd  without  Controul  ; 

Their  Spite  and  Pride's  united  Floods 
had  quite  o'erw  helm'd  our  Soul. 

L  6.  But 


242       PSALM 

€.  But  prais'd  be  our  eternal  Lord, 

who  refcu'd  us  that  Day, 
Nor  to  their  favage  Jaws  gave  up 

our  threat'tied  Lives  a  Prey. 

7.  Our  Sou]  is  like  a  Bird  efcap*d 
from  out  the  Fowler's  Net ; 

The  Snare  is  broke,  their  Hopes  are  crofs'd, 
and  we  at  Freedom  fet. 

8.  Secure  in  his  almighty  Name, 
our  Confidence  remains. 

Who,  as  He  made  both  Heav'n  and  Earth, 

of  both  fole  Monarch  reigns. 

PSALM    CXXV. 
r   W  7HO  place  on  Sion's  God  their  Trull, 

VV       like  Sion's  Rock  Ihall  ftand  ; 
Like  her  immoveably  be  fixt 

by  his  almighty  Hand. 

2.  Look  how  the  Hills  on  ev'ry  Side 
Jeru/alem  inclofe. 

So  flands  the  Lord  around  his  Saints, 
to  guard  them  from  their  Foes. 

3.  The  Wicked  may  afflid  the  Juft, 
but  ne'er  too  long  opprefs, 

Nor  force  him  by  Defpair  to  feek 

bafe  Means  for  his  Redrefs. 
,4.  Be  good,  O  righteous  God,  to  thofe, 

who  righteous  Deeds  affeft  : 
The  Heart  that  Innocence  retains, 

let  Innocence  protect. 

5.  All  thofe  who  \yalk  in  crooked  Paths,  ^ 

the  Lord  Ihall  foon  deftroy  ; 
-Cut  off  th'  Unjuft,  but  crown  the  Saints 

with  laflino:  Peace  and  Toy. 


PSALM  cxxvi,  cxxviL        243 
PSALM  cxxvr. 

I   T  T  7HEN  Sion's  God  her  Sons  recallM     ^ 

VV       ^'■o"^  ^9"g  Captivity, 
It  feem'd  at  firll  a  pleafmg  Dream 
.  of  what  we  wifli'd  to  fee  : 

2.  But  foon  in  unaccuftom'd  Mirth, 
we  did  our  Voice  employ. 

And  Tung  our  great  Creator's  Praif^ 
in  ,thankful  Hymns  of  Joy. 

Our  heathen  Foes  repining  Hood, 

yet  were  compell'd  to  own, 
That  great  and  wond'rous  was  the  VVorIt 

our  God  for  U3  had  done. 

3.  'Twas    great,     fay    they,    'twas    wond'rous 
much  more  Ihould  we  confefs  ;         (great, 

The  Lord  has  done  great  Things,  whereof 
we  reap  the  glad  Succefs. 

4.  To  us  bring  back  the  Remnant,  Lord, 
of  IJr\l\  captive  Bands, 

More  welcome  than  refrefliing  Show'rs 

to  parch'd  and  thirlly  Lands. 
*  5.  That  we,  whofe  Work  comnienc'd  in  Tears, 

may  fee  our  Labours  thrive, 

*Till  finifh'd  with  Succefs,  to  make 

our  drooping  Hearts  revive. 

6.  Tho'  he  defpond  that  fows  his  Grain, 

yet  doubtlefj  he  fhall  come 
To  bind  his  full-ear'd  Sheaves,  and  bring 

the  joyful  Harveft  home. 

PSALM     CXXVIL 
1   TX  7E  build  with  fruitlefs  Coft,  unlefs 

VV       the  Lord  the  Pile  fuftain  ; 
Un'.efs  the  Lord  the  City  keep, 

the  Watchman  wakes  in  vain  : 

L  2  2.  lu 


244      PSALM  cxxvii,  cXvXvni. 

2.  In  vain  we  rife  before  the  Day, 
and  late  to  Reft  repair  ; 

Allow  no  Refpite  to  our  Toil, 
and  eat  the  Bread  of  Care. 

Supplies  of  Life,  with  Eafe  to  thein. 

He  on  his  Saints  beftbws  ; 
He  crown*  their  Labour  with  Succefs, 

their  Nights  with  found  Repofe. 

3.  Children,  thofe  Comforts  of  our  Life, 
s.re  Prefents  from  the  Lord  ; 

He  gives  a  numerous  Rac€  of  Heirs, 
ae  Piety's  Reward. 

4.  As  Arrows  in  a  Giant's  Hand 
when  marching  forth  to  War, 

Ev'n  fo  the  Sons  of  fprightly  Youth, 
their  Parents  Safeguard  are. 

5.  Happy  the  Man^  whofe  Quiver's  fill'd 
with  thefe  prevailing  Arms  ; 

He  needs  not  fear  to  meet  his  Foe, 

at  Law,  or  War's  Alarms. 

PSALM  CXXVIIL 
1   ^  I  ^HE  Man  is  bleft,  who  fears  the  Lord, 

_£        nor  only  Worfhip  pays. 
But  keeps  his  Steps  confin'd  with  Care 

to  his  appointed   Ways. 

2.  He  fhall  upon  the  fvveet  Returns 
of  his  own  Labour  Teed  ; 

Without  Depcndance  live,  and  fee 
his  Wifhcs  all  fucceed. 

3.  His  Wife,  like  a  fair  fertile  Vine,  '/■ 
her  lovely  Fruit  fliall  bring  ; 

His  Children,  like  young  olive  Plants, 
about  his  Table  fprin^.. 

4,  5.  Who 


PSALM  cxxviii,  cxxix.       245 

4,  5.  Who  fears  the  Lord,   fhall  profper  thus; 

him  S:of/'s   God   fhall  blefs  ; 
Andsgrant  him  all  his  Days  to  fee 

yeru/alem's    S  uccc fs . 

6.  He  fhall  live  on,  'till  Heirs  from  him: 

defcend   with  vaft  Increafe  : 
Much  blefs'd  in  his  own  profp'rous  State^ 
and  more  in  I/r^ePs    Peace. 

PSALM  CXXIX., 
I    TT^ROM  my  Youth  up  may  l/r'el  fay, 
X^       they   oft    have  me   aflail'd, 

2.  Reduc'd  me  oft  to  heavy  Straits, 

but  never  quite   prevail'd. 

3.  They  oft  have  plow'd  my  patient  Back 
with   Furrov,s    deep  and   long  : 

4.  But  our  jiift  God  has  broke  their  Chains, 
and    refcu'd    us    from  Wrong. 

Defeat,  Confufion,  ninrr:eful  Rout 
be   i\\\\   the    Doom  of  thofe, 
Their  rigliteous  Doom  who  ^ion  hate, 
and    Sio7i*s   God  oppofe. 
Like  Corn  upon  our  Hojfes  Tops, 
Jn'imely  let  them    fade, 
nich  too  much  Hear,  and  war.t  o^  ?,o<  t, 
has  blafted    in    the  Blade  : 

7.  Which  in  his  Arms  no  Reaper  takes, 
but   unregarded    leaves  ; 

Nor  Binder  thinks  it  worth  his  Pains 
to   fold    it   into  Sheave*. 

8.  No   Traveller  that  pafTes    by, 
vouchfafes   a  Minute's    Stop, 

To  give  it  one  kind  Look,  or  crave 
Heav'n's  BlciTing  on  the  Crop. 

L   ^  PSALM 


246       PSALM 

P  B  A  I  M   CXXX. 
'ROM  lowefl  Depths  of  Woe, 
__        to    Gcd   I  fent   my    Cry  ; 
Lord,  hear  my  fupplicating  Voice, 
snd   gracioufly  reply. 
3.  Should'tt  thou  feverely  judge, 
who  can  the  Trial  bear  ? 
4.  But  Thou  forgiv'rt,  leaft  we  defpond, 
and  quite  renounce  thy  Fear. 

5'.  My  Soul  with  Patience  waits 

Jor  Thee,  the  living  Lord  ; 
My  Hopes  are  on  thy  Promife  built, 

thy  never- failing  Word. 

6.  My  longing  Eyes  look  out 

for  thy  eniiv'ni ng  Ray, 
More  duly  than  tlie  Morning  Watch 
to  i'gy  the  ~dawning  Day. 

7-  Let  Ifr'^el  truft  in  God, 

no  Bounds  his  Mercy  knows  ; 
The  pknteous  Source  and  Spring  from  wlience 

eternal  Succour  flows. 

8.   Whofe  friendly  Streams  to  us 

Supplies  in  Want  convey  ; 
A  healing  Spring,  a- Spring  to  cleanfe, 

and  walh  our  Guilt  away. 

PSALM  cxxxr. 

Lord,  I  am  not  proud  of  Heart, 
nor  call  a  fcorniul  Eye  ; 
Nor  my  afpiring  Thoughts  employ 

in  Things  ior  me  too  high. 
2.  With  iniant  Innocence,  thou  know'H 

Lhave  my  felf  demean'd  ; 
Composed  to  quiet,  like  a  Babe 
that  from  the  Breail:  is  wean'd. 

3.  Like 


PS  AL  M  cxxxi,  cxxxii.         247 

3.  Like  me,  let  IJreihope  in  God, 

his  Aid  alone  implore  ; 
Both  now  and  ever  truil  in  Him, 
who  lives  for  evermore. 

PSALM    CXXXII, 
1    T    ET  Daviiiy  Lord,  a  conftant  Place 

\^^     in  thy  Remembrance  find  ; 
Let  all  the  Sorrows  he  endur'd, 
be  ever  in  thy  Mind. 

2.  Remember  what  a  folemn  Oath 
to  Thee,  his  Lord,  he  fwore  ; 

How  to  the  mighty  God  he  vovv'd-, 
whom  Jacob\  Sons  adore  : 

3,  4.  I  will  not  go  into  my  Hottie, 

nor  to  my  Bed  afcend  ; 
No  foft  Repoie  fhall  clofe  my  Eyes, 
nor  Sleep  my  Eye-lids  bend  ; 

5.  ^Till  for  the  Lord's  defign'd  Abode 
I  mark  the  deiHn'd  Ground  ; 

'Till  I  a  decent  Place  of  Reft 
for  Jacob's  God  have  found. 

6.  Th'  appointed  Place  with  Shouts  of  Joy, 
at  Ephrata  we  found, 

And  made  the  Woods  and  neighb'ring  Fields 
our  glad  Applaufe  refaund. 

7.  O  v/ith  due  Rev'rence  let  us  then 

to  his  Abode  repair  ; 
And,  proftrate  at  his  Footftool  fall'ny 
pour  out  our  humble  Pray'r. 

8.  Arife,  O  Lord,  and  now  pofitfs 
thy  conftant  Place  of  Reft  ; 

Be  that,  not  only  with  thy  Aik, 
but  with  thy  Prefence  bleft. 

L  4  ;;,  10.   C!  J : 


248      PSALM  cxxxii,  cxxxiii. 

5),  10.  CloathThou  thyPriefts  withRighteoufnefs, 

make  Thoa  thy  Saints  rejoice  ; 
And  for  ihy  Servant  David's  Sake, 

hear  thy  Anointed's  Voice. 

1 1.  God  fware  to  Dauid  in  his  Truth, 
(nor  ihall  his  Oath  be  vain) 

One  of  thy  Offspring  after  thee 
upon  thy  Throne  fliall  reign  : 

12.  And  if  thy  Seed  my  Cov'nant  ktt^, 
and  to  my  Laws  fabmit : 

Their  Children  too  upon  thy  Throne 
for  evermore  fhall  fit. 

13.  14.  For  Sion  does  in  God's  Efieem 

all  other  Seats  excel  ;  ^ 

Mis  Place  of  everlafting  Reft, 

where  Fie  defires  to  dwell. 
35,   16.  Her  Store,  fays  He,  I  will  increafe, 

her  Poor  with  Plenty  blefs  ; 
Her  Saints  (hall  ihout  for  Joy,  her  Priefls 
my  faving  Health  confefs. 

J  7,  There  Danjid's  Pow'r,  fhall  long  remain 

in  his  fucceffive  Tine, 
And  my  anointed  Servant  there 
fliall  with  f.  efh  Luftre  fhine. 
J  8.  The  Faces  of  his  vanquifh'd  Foes 

Confufion  fliall  o'erfpread  ; 
Whilft  with  confirmM  Succefs,  his  Crown 
fhall  flourifh  on  his  Head. 

PSALM  CXXXIII. 
1    TJOW  ^^^  ^^"^  their  Advantage  be  I 
JTl     how  great  their  Pleafure  prove  ! 
Who  live  like  Brethren,  and  confent 
.   in  Offices  of  Love  ! 

2.  True 


PSALM   cxxxiv,  cxxxv.      249 

2.  True  Love  Is  like  that  precious  Oil 
which,   poar'd  en  Aaron's  Head, 

Ran  down  his  Beard,  and  o'er  his  Robes 
Its  collly  Moiilure  ihed. 

3.  *Tis  like  refrefhing;' i^ew,  which  does 
on   Hermons  Top  dillill  j 

Or  like  the  early  Drops,  that  fall 
on  Sion's  fruitful   Hill. 

4.  For  God  to  all,  whofe  friendly  Hearts 
with  mutual  Love  abound. 

Has  firmly  promis'd  Length  of  Days 
with  couftant  Bleflings  crown'd. 

PSALM    CXXXIV, 
I    TjLESS  God,  ye  Servants  that  attend 

X3      upon  his  folemn  State, 
That  in  his  Temple,  Night  by  Night, 

with  humble  Rev'rence  wait  : 
2,  3.  Within  his  Houfe  lift  up  your  Hands, 

and  blefs  his  holy  Name  ; 
From  Sicn  blefs  thy  7/rV/,  Lord,  * 

who  Heav'n  and  Earth  didrt  frame. 
PSALM    CXXXV. 
1    /^  Praife  the  Lord  with  one  Confcnt, 

V^     and  magnify  his  Name  j 
Let  all  the  Servants  of  the  Lord 
his  worthy  Praife  proclaim. 

2.  Praife  Him  all  ye  that  in  his  Houfe, 

attend  with  conllant  Care  ; 
With  thofe  that  to  his  outmoft  Courts 
with  humble  Zeal  repair. 

3.  For  this  our  trueft  Int'reft  is, 

glad   Hymns  of  Praife   to  fing  ; 
Arid  wiih  loud  Songs  to  blefs  his  Name, 
a  moH  delightful  Thing. 

L  5  4,  For 


250         ^  VS  Al,M^poixy. 

4.  For  God  hi,s,pvyn  peculiar  Choice 

the  Soi-is  of  y£?coI>  iriakfs  ; 
And  i//-'<r/'s.  Offspring  for  his  own 
moH  valu'd  Treafure  takes. 

5.  That  God  is  great,  v,-c  often  have 
by  glad  Experience  found  ; 

And  feen  how  He  with  wond'rous  PowV 
above  all  Gods  is  crown'd. 

6.  For  He  with  unrefiiled  Strength 
performs  his  fov'reign  Will  ; 

In  Heav'n  and  Earth,  and  watry  Stores 
that  Earth's  deep  Caverns  fill. 

7.  He  ralfes  Vapours  from  the  Ground, 
which  pciz'd  in  liquid  Air, 

Fall  down  at  lafs  in  Show'rs  thro'  which  ,- 
his  dreadful   Lightnings  8:lare  : 

8.  He  from  his  Store-houfe  brings  the  Winds  ; 

and  He' with  vengeful  Hand, 
The  firft->orn_flew  of  Man  and  Beall, 
thro'  Egypt'i  mouriiing  Lahd. 

9.  He  dread^ul^Sigi?^  and  Wonders  Ihew'd 
tjiro'  flubVorn  Egypt's  <Ccalls, 

Nor  Pharoah  could  his  Plagues  efcape, 
nor  all  his  num'rous  Hoils* 

10.  II.  'Twas,  He  that  various  Nations  fmote, 
-and  mighty  Kiirg^  fupprefi'd  ; 

^Ihon  and  Og,  and  all  befides, 
who  Canaan  ^o  Land  pofiefs'd. 

12,   13.  Their  Land  upon  his  chofen  Race 

He  firmly  did.  entail  ;  _ 
For  which  his  Fame  fnall  always  lall, 

hisT*^faiie  ^hall  never  fail. 

14.  For 


PSALM    cxxxv,  cxxxvi.      151 

14.  For  God  /hall  foon  his  People's  Caufe 
with  pityino  Ey-es  furv«y  ; 

Repent  Him  of  his  Wrath,  and  turn 
his  kindled  Rage  away. 

15.  Thofe  Idols,  whofe  falfe  Worfhip  fpreads 
o'er  all  the  Heathen  Lands, 

Are  made  of  Silver  and  of  Gold, 
the  Work  of  human  Hands.. 

16.  17.  They  move  not  their  fiditibuS  Tongues, 
nor  fee  with  polifh'd  Eyes  ; 

Their  counterfeited  Ears  are  deaf, 
no  Breath  their  Mouth  fupplies. , 

18.  As  fenfelefs  as  themfelvts  are  they, 
that  all  their  Skill  apply 

To  make  them,  or  in  dang'rous  Times 
on  them  for  Aid  rely. 

19.  Their  juft  Returns  ofThanks  to  God, 
let  grateful  Ij^el  pay  : 

Nor  let  the  Priefts  of  Aarori^  Race 
to  blefs  the  Lord  delay. 

20.  Their  Senfe  of  his  unbounded  Lo'vC 
let  Le^ih  Houfe  exprefs  ; 

And  let  all  thofe  that  fear  the  Lord, 
his  Name  for  ever  blefs. 

2 1 .  Let  all  with  Thanks  his  wond'rous  Works 
in  Sionh  Courts  proclaim  ; 

Let  them  in  Salem^  where  He  dwells, 
exalt  his  holy  Name. 

PSALM    CXXXVT. 
I   ^nr^O  God,  the  mighty  Lcr J, 

X.        Your  joyful.  Thanks  repeat  : 
7"o  him  due  Praife  afford. 
As  good  as  He  is  great, 

•     For 


252.  J?  S  A  L  M  cxxxvi. 

For  God  does  prove 
Our  conftant  Friend, 
His  boundfefs  Love 
Shall  never  end. 

2,  3,  To  Him,  whofe  wondVops  Pow'jr 

All  other  Gods  obey. 
Whom  earthly  Kings  adore. 

This  grateful  Homage  pay  : 
For  God,   tffc. 

4,  5.  By  his  almighty  Hand 

Amazing  Works  are  wrought; 
The  Heav'ns  by  his  Command 

Were  to  Perfedlion  brought. 
For  God,  ^c. 

6.  He  fpread  the  Ocean  round 
About  the  fpacious  Land ; 

And  made  the  riling  Ground 
Above  the  Waters  ftand. 
For  God,  i^c 

7,  8,  9.  Thro'  Heav'n  He  did  difplay 

His  numerous  Hofts  of  Light  ; 
The  Sun  to  rule-  by  Day, 

The  Moon  and  Stars  by  Night, 
For  God,  ^c. 
10,   II,   12.  HeftrucktheFirft-bornde^d 

Of  Egypt's  ftubborn  Land ; 
And  thence  his  People  led 
With  his  refiftlefs  Hand. 
For  God,  ^c 

13,  14.  By  Him  the  raging  Sea, 

As  if  in  Pieces  rent, 
Pifclos'd  a  middle  Way, 

Throueh  which  his  People  went. 

fofccdefr,  ,5.  Where 


PSALM    cxxxvv        253 

15.  Where  foon  He  overthrew 
Proud  Pharaoh  and  his  Hoft, 

Who  daring  to  purllie. 

Were  in  the  Billows  loft. 
For  God,  effr. 

16,  17,  18.  Thro' Defarts  vaft  and  \yild 
He  led  the  chofen  Seed ; 

And  famous  Princes   foil'd, 

And  made  great  Monarchs  bleed. 
For  God,  ^c. 

19,  20.   Sihon,  whofg  potent  Hand 
Great   Ammon^^    Sceptre  fway'd  5 

And  Og^  whofe  ftern  Command 
Rich  Bajhan's  Land  obey'd. 
For    God,   effr. 

21,  22.   And  of  his  wond'rous  Grace, 
Their  Lands,    whom  He  de(lroy*d. 

He  gave  to  I/rel's  K  ace, 
To  be  by  them  enjoy'd. 
For  God,  i^c. 

33,  24.  He,  in  our  Depth  of  Woes, 

On  us  witTi  Favour  thought, 
And  from  our  cruel  Foes 

In  Peace  and  Safety  brought. 
For  God,  ^c, 

25,  26.  He  does  the  Food  fupply. 
On  which  all  Creatures  live  : 
To  God  who  reigns  on  high 
Eternal  Praifes  give. 
For  God  will  prove 
Our  conflant  Friend, 
His  boundlefs  Love 
Shall  never  end.  - '  -ij-,  1 


2-54        i"  S  A  L  M    cxxxvii. 
PSALM  cxxxvn. 

1    TT  7HEN  we*,  our  weary'd, Limbs  to  rell, 

VV     Sat  down  by  proud  Euphrates  Stream^ 
We  wept,  with  doleful  Thoughts  oppreft, 
And  Sion  was  our  mournful  Theme. 

2.  Our  Harps,  that  when  with  Joy  we  fang. 
Were  won't  their  tuneful  Parts  to  bear. 
With  filent  Strings  negledled  hung 

On  Willow-trees  that  wither'd  there. 

3.  Mean  while  our  Foes,  who  all  confplr'd 
To  triumph  in  our  flavifli  Wrongs, 
Muiick  and  Mirth  of  us  requir'd, 

**  Come,  fing  us  one  of  5/o7/'s  Songs."  - 

4.  How  fhall  we  tune  our  Voice  to  frng  ? 
Or  touch  our  Harps  with  Ikilful  Hands  ? 
Shall  Hymns  of  Joy  to  God  our  K^ng 
Be  fung  by  Slaves  in  foreign  Lands  ?". 

5.  O  Salem,  our  once  happy  Seat ! 
When  I  of  thee  forgetful  prove, 
Let  then  my  trembling  Hand  forget 
The  fpeaking  String  with  Art  to  move  ! 

6.  Iff  to  mention  thee  forbear, 
Eternal  Silence  feize  my  Tongue  ; 
Or  if  I  frng  one  chearful  Air, 
Til!  thy  Deliv'rance  is  my  Song  1 

7.  Remember,  Lord,  how  Edom's  Race, 
In  thy  own  City's  fatal  Day, 

Cry'd  out,  *'  Her  ftatJy  WaUs  deface, 
*'  And  with  the  Ground  quite  ivel  lay." 

8.  Proud  BahePs  Daughter,  doom'd  to  be 
Of  Grief  and  Woe  the  wretched  Prey. 
Blefs'd  is  the  Man,  who  fhall  to  thee 
The  Wrongs  the  u  laid'fl  on  us,  repay. 

9.  Thrice 


PSALM  cxxxvii,  cxxxyiii.     Z55 

9.  Thx-ice  blefs'd,  who  with  juft  Rage  pofTett, 
And  deaf  to  all  the  Parents  Moans, 
Shall  fnatch  thy  Infants  from  the  Breaft, 
Anddafh  their   Heads  again  ft  the  Stones. 

PSALM    CXXXVIII. 
I  "^  T  TITH  my  vvholelieart,  my  God  andKing^ 

VV       thy  Praife  I  will  proclaim  ; 
Before  the  Gods  with  Joy  I'll  fing, 
and  blefs  thy  holy  Name. 

2.  I'll  worfhip  at  thy  facred  Seat  i 

and  with  thy  Love  infpir'd, 

The  Praifes  of  thy  Truth  repeat, 

o'er  all  thy  Works  admir'd. 

3.  Thou  gracioufly  inclin'dft  thine  Ear, 
when   I   to  Thee  did  cry  ; 

And   when  my  Soul  was  prefs'd  with  Fear, 
didll  inward  Strength  fupply. 

4.  Therefore  fliall  ev'ry  earthly  Prince 
thy  Name  with  Praife  purfue, 

Whom  thefe  admir'd  Events  convince 
that  all  thy   Works  are  true. 

5.  They  all  thy  wond'rous  Ways,  O  Lord, 
with  chearfal  Songs  ihall  blefs  ; 

And  all  thy  glorious  A6\s  record, 
thy  awful   Pow'r  confefs.' 

6.  For  God,  altho'  enthron'd  on  high, 

does  thence  the  poor  refped  ; 
The  proud  far  off,  his  fcornful  Eye 
beholds  with  jult  Negledl. 

7.  Tho' I  with  Troables  am  opprefs'd. 

He  ihall  my.  Foes  difarm, 
Relieve  my  Soul  vvhsn  moil  diftrefj'd, 
and  keep  m^  hh  from  Harm. 

8.  The 


256  PSALM    cxxxviii,  cxxxix. 

8.  The  Lord,  whofe  Mercies  everlait, 

fhall  fix  my  happy  State; 
And  mindful  of  his  Favours  pa.'}, 

ihall  his  own  Work  compleat. 
PSALM    CXXXIX. 

1.  ^TpHOU,  Lord,  by    ftridell  Search  hafl 

2.  X     My  rifing  up  and  lying  down ;   [known 
My  fecret  Thoughts  are  known  to  Thee, 
Known  long  before  ccnceiv'd  by  me. 

3.  Thine  Eye  my  Bed  and  Path  furveys. 
My  publick  Haunts  and  private  Ways  ; 

4.  Thou  know'ft  what  'tis  my  Lips  would  vent,. 
My  yet  unutter'd  Words  Intent. 

5^.  Surrounded  by  thy  Pow'r  I  fland. 
On  ev'ry  Side  I  find  thy  Hand. 

6.  O  Skill,  for  human  Reach  too  high  ! 
Too  dazling  bright  for  mortal  Eye  ! 

7.  O  could  I  fo  perfidious  be. 

To  think  of  once  deferting  thee  ! 

Where,   Lord,  could  I   thy  Influence  ihun  ? 

Or  whither  from  thy  Prefence  run  ? 

8.  If  up  to  Heav'n  I  take  my  Flight, 
'Tis  there  thou  dwelPft  enthron'd  in  Light  : 
Or  Ank  to  Hell's  infernal  Plains, 

'Tis  there  almighty  Vengeance  reigns, 

9.  If  I  the  Morning's  Wings  could  gain. 
Arid  fly  beyond  the  Weflern  Main^ 

10.  Thy  fwifter  Hand  would  firll  arrive, 
And  there  arrell  thy  Fugitive. 

1 1 .  Or  fhould  I  try  to  ihun  thy  Sight 
Beneath  the  fable  Wings  of  Night  ; 

One  Glance  from  Thee,  one  pieicing  Ray 
Would  kindle  Darkncfs  into  Day, 

12.  The 


PSALM   cxxxix.  257 

I2r  The  Veil  of  Night  is  no  Dliguife, 
No  Screen  from  thy  a!I-fearching  Eyes  : 
Thro'  Midnight  Shades  Thou  find'ft  thy  Way, 
As  in  the  blazing  Noon  of  Day. 

13.  Thou  know'ft  the  Texture  of  my  Heart, 
My  Reins  and  ev'ry  vital  Part  ; 

Each  fingle  Thread,  in  Nature's  Loom, 
By  Thee  was  cover'd  in  the  Womb. 

14.  I'll  praife  Thee  from  whofe  Hands  I  came, 
A  Work  of  fach  a  curious  Frame  ; 

The  VVonders  Thou  in  me  hall  fhown. 
My  Soul  with  grateful  Joy  mail  own. 

ic*.  Thine  Eyes  my  Subflance  did  furvey,        ' 

While  yet  a  lifelefs  Mafs  it  lay. 

In  -fecret  how  exadlv  wrought, 

E'er  from  its  dark  Inclofure  brought. 

16    Thou  didlt  the  fiiapelefs  Embrio  fee, 

Its  Parts  were  regiilred  by  Thee  : 

Thou  faw'ft  the  d.iily  Growth  they  took, 

Form'd  by  the  Model  of  thy  Book. 

17.  Let  me  acknowledge  too,  O  God, 
That  fmce  this  Maze  of  Life  I  trod. 
Thy  Tfioughts  of  Lo/e  to  me  furmoant 
The  Povv'r  of  Numbers  to  recount. 

18.  Far  fooner  could  1  reckon  o'er 
The  Sands  upon  the  Ocean's  Shore  : 
Each  Morn  revifing  what  I've  done, 
I  find  the  Account  but  new  begun, 

tg.  The  Wicked  Thou  flialt  fl^y,  O  God  : 
Depart  from  me,  ye  Men  of  Blood, 
20.  Whofe  Tongues  Heav'n's  Majclly  profane, 
And  take  th'  Almighty's  Name  in  vain. 

21.  Lord, 


258      PSALM  cxxxix,  cxl. 

21.  Lord,  hate  not  I  their  impious  Crew, 
Who  Thee  with  Enmity  purftie  ? 

And  does  not  Grief  my  Heart  opprefs, 
When  Reprobates  thy  Law  tranfgrefs  ? 

22.  Who  praAife  Enmity  to  Thee, 
Shall  utmofl  Hatred  have  from  me  : 
Such  Men  I  utterly  deteft. 

As  if  they  were  my  Foes  profefl:. 

23.  24.  Search,  try,  O  God,  my  Thoughts  and 
If  MircTiief  lurks  in  an.y  Part  j  [Heart, 
Corre6l  me  where  I  go  aftray, 

And  guide  me  in  thy  perfect  Way» 

P  S  J  L  M    CXL. 
J   TJRESERVE  me,  Lord,  from  crafty  Foes 
JL        of  treacherous  Intent  ; 

2.  And  from  the  Sons  of  Violence, 
on  open  Mifchlef  bent. 

3.  Their  fiand'ring  Tongue  the  Serpent's  Sting 

in  fharpnefs  does  exceed  :  .  • 

Between  their  Lips  the  GaliofAfps 
and  Adders  Venom  breed. 

4.  Preferve  me.  Lord,  from  wicked  Hands 
,  nor  leave  my  Sou;  forlorn, 

A  Prey  to  Sons  of  Violence, 
who  have  my  Ruin  fvvcm. 

5.  The  proud  for  me  have  laid  their  Snare 
and  fpread  their  .wily  Net ; 

With  Traps  and  Gins  where'er  I  move, 
I  $nd  my  Steps  befet. 

6.  But  thus  enviroa'd  with  Diilrefs, 
Thou  art  my  God  I  faid  ;  ^ 

Lord,  hear  my  fupplicatiug  Voice, 
that  calls  to  Thee  for  Aid. 

7.  O 


P  S  A-LvM  cxl,  cxli.  259 

7.  O  Lord,  the  God,  whofe  faving  Strength 

kind  Succour  did  convey. 

And  cover'd  my  advent'; ous  Head 

in  Battle's  doubtful  Day  ; 

8.  Permit  not  their  unjufl:  Deflgns 

to  anfvver  their  Deiire  ; 
Left  they,  cncourag'd  by  Succefs, 
tD  bolder  Crimes  afp^re. 

9.  Let  firll  their  Chiofs  the  fad  Eireds 
of  their  Injullice  mourn  ;  , 

The  Blail  of  their  envenom'd  Br^iith, 
upon  themfeives  return. 

10.  Let  them  who  kindled  firil  ihe  Flame, 
its  Sacrifice  become  ; 

The  Pit  they  digg'd-for  me,  be  made 
their  own  untimely  Tomb. 

11.  The'  Slander's  Breath  may  raife  a  Stormj 
it  quickly   wiU  decay  ; 

Their  Rage  does  but  the  Torrent  f.vell, 
that  bears  themfelves  away. 

i^.  God  will  afTert  th^poor  Man's  Caufe, 

and  fpeedy  Succour  give  ; 
The  JuiT:  fliall  celebrate  his  Pralfe, 

and  in  his  Prefence  live. 

P  ^  A  L  M    CXLL 
I   ''T~^0  Thee,  O  Lord,  my  Cries  afcend, 

X        O  hat- e  to  my  Relief ; 
And  with  accullom'd  Pity  hear 

the  Accents  of  my  .Grief. 
2.   Inilead  of  Oit'rings,  let  my  Pray'r 

like  Morning  Incenfe  rife  ; 
My  lifted  Hands  fupply  the  Pkce 

of  Ev'ning  Sacrifice. 

3.  From 


26o  PSALM   cxii. 

3«  From  hafty  Langunge  curb  my  Tongue, 

and  Jet  a  conftant  Guard 
Still  keep  the  Portal  of  my  Lips, 

with  wary  Silence  barr'd. 

4.  From  wicked  Mens  Dtfigns  and  Deeds 
my  Heart  and  Hands  reftrain  ; 

Nor  let  me  in  the  Booty  ihare 
of  their  unrighteous  Gain. 

5.  Let  upright  Men  reprove  my  Faults^ 
and  I  ihall  think  them  kind  ; 

Like  Balm  that  heals  a  wounded  Head, 

I  their  Reproof  Ihall  find  ; 
And  in  return,  my  fervent  Prayer 

I  fhall  for  them  addrefs, 
When  they  are  tempted  and  reduc'd, 

like  me,  to  fore  Dilirefs. 

6.  When  fkulking  in  Engedi\  Rock, 
I  to  their  Chiefs  appeal, 

If  one  reproachful  Word  I  fpoke, 
when  I  had  Pov/'r  to  kill. 

7.  Yet  us  they  perfecutc  to  Deatl?, 
our  fcatter'd  Ruins  He, 

As  thick  as  from  the  Hewer's  A.xe 
the  fever'd  Splinters  fly. 

8.  But,  Lord,  to  Thee  I  ftill  dired 
my  fupplicaiing  Eyes, 

O  leave  not  deftitute  my  Soul, 
whofe  Trull  on  Thee  relies. 

9.  Do  7'hou  preferve  me  from  the  Snares 
that  wicked  Hands  have  laid  ; 

Let  them  in  their  own  Nets  be  caught,' 
while  x^-)-  Efcape  is  made. 

PSALM 


PSALM  cxlii,  cxliii.        261 

PSALM    CXLII. 
I   '■"■"^O  God  with  mournful  Voice, 

J[        in  deep  Diftrefs  I  pray'd  ; 
2.  Made  him   the  Umpire  of  my  Caufe, 

my  Wrongs  before  Him  laid. 

3.  Thou  didft  my  Steps  direct, 
when  my  griev'u  Soul  defpair'd  ; 

For  where  I  thought  to  walk  fecure, 
they  had  their  Traps  prepar'd. 

4.  I  look'd,  but  found  no  Friend 
to  own  me  in  Dilirefs  ; 

All  Refuge  faii'd,  no  Man  vouchfaPd 
his  Pity  or  ReJrcfs. 

5.  To  God  at  lalt  I  pray'd, 
Thou,  Lord,  my  Refuge  art. 

My  Portion  in  the  Land  of  Life, 
'till  Life  itfelf  depart. 

6.  Reduc'd  to  greatell  Straits, 
to  Thee  I  make  my  Moan  ; 

0  fave  me  from  opprefTive  Foes, 
for  me  too  pow'rful  grown. 

7.  That  I  may  praife  thy  Name, 
my   Soul  from  Prilbn    bring  ; 

Whilil  of  thy  kind  Regard  to  me, 
affembled  Saints  fhall  fing. 

PSALM    CXLIII. 

1  T    ORD,  hear  my  Pray'r,  and  to  my  Cry 
X^j     Thy  wonted  Audience  lend  ; 

In  thy  accuftom'd  Faith  and  Truth 

a  gracious   Anfwer  fend. 
2.   Nor  at  thy  ilrifl  Tribunal  bring 

thy  Servant  to  be  try'd  ; 
For  in  thy  Sight  no  living  Man 

can  e'er  be  jullify'd. 

3.  The 


2  62  PSALM  cxliii. 

3.  The  fplteful  Foe  purfaes  my  Life, 
whofe  Comforts  all  are  fled  ; 

He  drives  me  into  Caves  as  dark 
as  'Manfipns  of  the  Dead. 

4.  My  Spirit  therefore  is  o'erwhelm'd, 
and  finks  within  my  Breaft  ; 

My  mournful  Heart  grows  defolate, 
with  heavy  Woes  oppreft. 

5.  I  call  to  mind  the  Days  of  oki, 

and  Wonders  Thou  haft  wrought  : 
My  former  Dangers  and  Efcapes 
employ  my  mufing  Thought. 

6.  To  Thee  my  Hands  in  humble  Prayer 
I  fervently  ftretch  out ; 

My  Soul  for  thy  Refrefhment  thirfts, 
like  Land  oppreft  with  Drought. 

7.  Hear  me  with  Speed  ;  my  Spirit  fails  ; 
thy  Face^  no  longer  hide, 

Left  I  become  forlorn,  like  them 
that  in  the  Grave  refide. 

8.  Thy  Kindnefs  early  let  me  hear, 
.whofe  Truft  on  Thee  depends  ; 

Teach  me  the  Way  where  I  fhould  go  : 
my  Soul  to  Thee  afcends. 

9.  Do  Thou,  O  Lord,  from  all  my  Foes 
preferve.  and  fet  me  free; 

A  kfe  Retreat  againft  their  Rage, 
my  Soul  implores  from  Thee. 

10.  Thou  art  my  God,  thy  righteous  Will 
inftruft  me  to  obey  ; 

Let  thy  good  Spirit  lead  and  keep 
my  Soul  in  thy  right  Way. 

II 


PSALM  cxliii,  cxliv.       263 

1 1 .  O  for  the  fake  of  thy  great  Name 
revive  my  drooping  Heart : 

For  thy  Truth's  Sake  to  mediilrefs'd, 
thy  promised  Aid  impart. 

12.  In  Pity  to  my  SufTrings,  Lord, 
reduce  my  Foes  to  Shame  j 

Slay  them  that  perfecute  a  Soul 
devoted  to  thy  Name. 

P  S  J  L  M    CXLIV. 

I    T7OR  ever  blell  be  God  the  Lord, 

JP      Who  does  his  needful  Aid  impart. 
At  once  both  Strength  and  Skill  afford 
To  wield  my  Arms  with  warlike  Art. 

2.  His  Goodnefs  is  my  Fort  and  TovvV, 
My  ftrong  Deliv'rance  and  my  Shield  ; 

In  Him  I  truft,  whofe  matchlefs  Pow'r       v 
Makes  to  my  Sway  fierce  Nations  yield. 

3.  Lord,  what's  in  Man,  that  thou  fliould'fl  love 
Such  tender  Care  of  him  to  take  ? 

What  in  his  Offspring  could  Thee  move 
Such  great  xA.ccount  of  him  to  make  ? 

4.  The  Life  of  Man  does  quickly  fade. 
His  Thoughts  but  empty  are  and  vain  ; 
His  Days  are  like  a  flying  Shade, 

Of  whofe  Ihort  Stay  no^Signs  remaiii. 

5.  In  folemn  State,  O  God  defcend, 
Whilft  Fleav'n  its  lofty  Head  inclines  ; 
The  fmoaking  Hills  afunder  rend, 

Of  thy  Approach  the  awful  Signs. 

6.  Difcharge  thy  dreadful  Lightning  round. 
And  make  thy  fcatter'd  Foes  retreat  ; 
Them  with  thy  pointed  Arrows  wound, 
And  their  Deftrudion  foon  compleat. 

7,  S.   Do 


264        PSALM  cxliv. 

7,  8.  Do  Thou,  O  Lord,  from  Heav'n  engage 
Thy  boundlefs  Pow'r  my  Foes  to  quell, 
And  fnatch  me  from  the  ftcrmy  Rage 
Of  threat'ning  Waves  that  proudly  fwell. 
Fight  Thou  againft  my  foreign  Foes, 
Who  utter  Speeches  falfe  and  vain  ; 
Who  tho'  in  folemn  Leagues  they  cJofe, 
Their  fworn  Engagements  ne'er  maintain. 

9.  So  I  to  Thee,  O  King  of  Kings, 
In  joyful  Hymns  my  Voice  fhalUaife, 
And  Inftruments  of  various  Strings 
Shall  help  me  thus  to  fing  thy  Praife. 

10.  "  Goddoes  toKiiigs  his  Aid  afford, 
**  To  them  his  fuie  Salvation   fends  ; 

**  'Tis  He  that  from,  themurd'ring  Sword, 
"  His  Servant  Danjid  ftill  defends." 

11.  Fight  Thou  againll:  my  foreign  Foes, 
Who  utter  Speeches  falfe  and  vain  ; 
Who  tho'  in  fokmn  Leagues  they  clofe. 
Their  fworn  Engagements,  ne'er  maintain^ 

12.  Then  our  young  Sons  like  Trees  fliall  grow. 
Well  planted  in  fome  fruitful  Place  ; 

Our  Daughters  fhall  like  Pillars  fhow, 
Defjgn'd  fome  royal  Court  to  grace. 

13.  Our  Garners  iill'd  with  various  Store, 
Shall  us  and  oars  with  Plenty  feed, . 

Our  Sheep  increafing  more  iJnd  more. 
Shall  thoufands  and  ten  thoufands  breed. 

14.  Strong  fhall  our  lab'ring  Oxen  grow. 
Nor  in  thdr  conftant  Labour  faint ; 
Whilfl  we  no  War  nor  Slav'ry  know, 
And  in  pur  Streets  hear  no  Complaint. 

15.  Thrice 


P  S  A'^^L"  M  cxllv,  cxl\^       265 

1^.  Thrice  happy  is  that  People's  Cafe, 
Whofe  various  Bleffin^s  \hjs  aboiijid  : 
Who  God's  true  Worfhip  ftill  embrace, 
And  are  with  his  Protefcion  crown'd. 
PSA  L^M    CXLV. 

1.  -npHEE  I'll  extol,  my  God  and  King, 

2.  X        thy  endlefs  Praife  proclaim  ; 
This  Tribute  daily  I  will  bring, 

and  ever  blefs  thy  Name. 

3.  Thou.  Lord,  beyond  Compare  art  great,  > 
and  highly  to  be  prais'd  i 

Thy  Majcity,  wuh  boundleis  Height, 

abo\e  our  Knowledge  rais'd. 
> 
4..  Reno\yn'd  for  mighty  A£\s,  thy  Fame 

to  future  Times  extends  ; 
From  Age  to  Aoq  thy  glorious  Name 

fucceiiivcly  defcends.  * 

5,  6.  Whilil  I  thy  Glory  and  Renown, 

and  wondVous  Works  exprefd. 
The  World  with  me  thy  Might  ihall  own 

and  thy  great  Fov/'r  confcfs, 

7.  The  Praife  that  to  thy  Love  belongs, 

they  fh'a!!'  with  Joy'  proclaim   ; 
Thy  Truth:  of  all  their  grateful  Songs 

fhall  be  the  conltant   I'heme.      ^  • 

8.  The  Lord  is  good  ;  frefn  Adls  of  Grace 
his  Pity  Hill  fupplies  j 

His  Anger  moves  with  do  weft  Pace, 
his  willing  Mercy  flies. 

9.  10.  Thy  Love  thro*" Earth  extends  its  Fnm-, 

to  all  thy  Works  cxprell  ; 
Thefc  fliew  thy  Praife,  whil;>  thy  great  Name 
is  by  thy   Servants  blclL 

M       -  ,1.  Th'- 


-166  PSALM    cx\v, 

1  r.   They,  with  tl^e  glorious  Profpedl  fir'J, 

fhall  of  thy  Kingdom  fpeak  ; 
And  thy  great  Pow'r,  by  all  admir'd, 

their  lofty  Subjed  make. 

12.  God*s  glorious  Works  of  ancient  D^te, 
Hiall  thus  to  aU  be  known  ; 

And  thus  his  Kingdom's  royal  State, 
with  pnblick  Splendor  Ihown. 

13.  His  ftedfaft  Throne,  from  Changes  free, 
Hiall  ftand  for  ever  fall:  ; 

His  boundlefs  Sway  no  End  fliall  fee, 

but  Time  itfelf  out-laft. 

P  J  R  T     II. 
•14,  15.  The  Lord  does  them  fupport  that  fall, 

and  make.s  the  proftrate  rife  ; 
For  his  kind  Aid  all  Creatures  call, 

who  timely  Food  fuppiies. 
1-6.  Whate'er  their  various  Wants  require, 

with  open  Hand  he  gives  ; 
And  fo  fulfils  thejuilDefire 

of  ev'ry  thing  that  lives. 

17.   iS..  How  holy  is  the  Lord  !  how  juft  ! 

how  righteous  all  his  Ways  ! 
How  nigh  to  him,  who  with  firm  Truft 
•      for  his  AiTirtance  prays  ! 
39.  He  grants  the  full  Defires  of  thofe 

who  Him  with  Fear  adore  ; 
And  will  their  Troubles  foon  compofe, 

when  they  his  Aid  implore. 

20.  The  Lord  preferves  all  thofe  v/ith  Care 
whom  grateful  Love  employs  : 

But  Sinners,  who  his  Vengsance  dare, 
with  furious  Rage  deftroys. 

21.  My' 


P  S  A  L  M    cxlv,  cxlvi.       267 

21.  My  I'ime  to  come,  in  Pra'ifes  fpent, 

fhall  1  ill  advancii  his  Fame, 
And  ail  Mankind  with  one  Confent. 

for  ever  bids  his  Name. 

PSALM     CXLVI. 
7,   f^\  Praile  the  Lord  and  thou  my  Soul, 
2.   \^jP     for  ever  blefs  his  Name  : 
His  wond'rous  Love,  while  Life  fhall  lafl, 

my  coniiant  Praif^  ihali  cl_aim. 
5.   On  Kings,  the  crrcatell  Sons  of  iVIefi, 
.     let  none  foi:  A-d  rely  : 
They  cannot  favc  in  dar.g'rous  Times, 

nor  timely  Help  apply.  ... 

4.'  Depriv'd  of  Breath,  to  Duft  they  turn, 

and  there  negle»fled  lie,      ' 
And  all  their  Thoughts  and  vain  Dcfigns 

tog."ther  wifh  them  die. 

5.  Then  happy  he,  who  Ja:oh\  God 
for  his  Pi oteclpr  takes  ; 

Who  ftill,  with  well-plac'd  Hope,  the  Loid 
Lis  conU.ant  Refuge  makes. 

6.  The  Lord-  who  made  both  Heav'n  and  Ear'Ji^ 

and  all  that  they  contain. 
Will  never  quit  his  ftedfaft  Trulh, 
nor  make  his  Promife  vaii?.     , 

7.  'i  he  poor  opprclt,  from^all  their  Wrongs 
are  eas'd  by   his  Decree; 

He  gives  the  hungry  needful  Food, 
and  fcts  the  Pris'ners  free. 

£.  By  Hini  the  blind  receive  their  Sigl.i., 

_  the  weak  and  fiji'n  He  rears  : 
With  kind  Regard  and  tcnier  Lo\e 
He  ior  the  righieouo  cares. 


2  68       P  S  A  L  M  'cxivi,  cxlvii, 

9.  The  Strangers ^If^'p^eferv^S'^^iTi^  Hariri,      " 

the  Orphan  kindly  tre;it^, 
Defend?  the  Widow,' and  the  V."iles 
of  wicked  Men  defeats. 

10.  The  God,  that  does  in  Sion  duel;, 
is  our  eternal  King  : 

From  Age  to  Age  his  Reign  ^hd tire r, 
let.all,his  Praifes  fing. 

^  S  J  L  M  -cxLvri. 

Praiie  the  Lord  with  Hymns  of  Joy, 
and'celebiai-e,  his  .Fame  / 
Forpiearant,  good,  and  comely  'tij 
to  praife  his  holy  Name, 

2.  His  holy  City  (^oJ  will  build, 

tho'  leveli'd   with  the  Ground  : 
Bring  back  his  People, "^ho*  difpers'd 
thro'  all  the  Nations  round. 

3,  4.  He  kindly  heals  the  broken  Henrt^. 

and  ?A\  their  Wounds  does  clofe  ; 
He  tells  the  Numl>€rs  of  the  Siars, 

their  feveral  Names  He  knows. 
5,  6.  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  great  his  PowV, 

his  Wirdom  has  no  Bound  ; 
The  meek  He  raifes,  and  throws  down 

the  wicked  tp  the  Ground. 

7.  To  God,  the  Lord;  a  Hymn  of  Praife 
with  grat&ful  Voices  fing  ; 

To  Songs  of  Triumph  tune  the  Harp, 
and  liirike  each  warbling  String. 

8.  He  covers  Heav'n  with  Clouds,  and  thenee 
refrefning  ^ain  beliows  : 

Thro'  Him,  on  Mountain-tops,  the  Graf, 
with  wond'rous  Plenty  grows. 

9.  He, 


P  S  A  L  M /cvjvii.  '^■(>\ 

9.  He,  ravage  Beafts  that  loofely  range, 
with  timely  Food  fupplies  ; 

He  feeds  the  Ravens  tender  Brood, 
and  flops  their  hungry  Cri^s. 

10.  -fTe  values  not  the  warlike  Steed, 
but  does  his  Strength  difaain  ; 

The  nimble  Foot  that  fwifily  juns, 
no  Prize  from  Him  can  gain. 

1 1 .  But  He,  to  Him  that  f  ars  his  ^j|!nie, 
his  ten  'er  Love  extends  ; 

To  Him  that  on  his  bounckfs  Grace 
with  lledfali  Hope  depends. 

12.  13.   Let  ^:cn  and  Jerujakm 
to  God  their  Praife  addrefs  ; 

Who  fenc'd  their  Gates  with  mafTy  Ears, 
and  does  their  Children  blefs. 

14,  15.  Thro*  all  their  Borders  He  gives  Peace 

with   fineft  Wheat  they're  fed  ; 
Hf  fpeaks  the  Word,  and  what  He  wills 

is  done  as  foon  as  faid. 
16    L  rge  Flakes  of  Snow,  like  fleecy  "Wccl, 

defcend  at  his  Command  ; 
And  hoary  Froft,  like  Afhes  fpread, 

is  fcatter'd  o'er  the  Land. 

17.  When  join'd  to  thefe,  He  does  his  Hail 
in  litiJe  Morfels  break, 

Who  can  aeainft  his  piercing  Cold 
fecure  fcefences  make  ? 

18.  He  f  nds  his  Word,  which  melts  the  Ice  X 
He  makes  his   Wind  to  bloAv, 

And  foon  the  Streams,  congeaFd  before, 
in  plenteous  Currents  flow. 

M    3  IQ.   P- 


270    PSALM    cxlvli,   cxiviii. 

19.  By  Him  his  Statutes  and  Decrees 
to  Jacob's  Sons  were  fhown  ; 

And  IHII  to  //"rV/'schofen  Seed 
his  righteous  Laws  are  known. 

20.  No  o'ther  Nation  this  can  boail, 
nor  did  He  e'er  afford 

To  heathen  Lands  his  Oracles, 
and  Knowledge  of  his  Word. 

Halhluiak 
0 
PSALM  CXLVTIT. 
I,  2.   '\T^  bonndlefs  Realms  of  Joy, 

j[       Exalr  your  Maker's  Fame  : 
His  Praife  your  Song  employ 
Above  the  ftarry  Frame  : 
Your  Voices  raife, 
Ye  Cherubim 
And  Seraphim, 

To  fmg  his  Praife, 

3,  4.  Thou  Moon  that'urft  the  Night, 

And  Sun  tb^t  gaid'ft  the  Day, 
Yeglitt'ring  Stars  of  Light, 
To  Him  your  Homage  pay  : 
His  Praife.  declare, 
Ye  Heav'ns  above, 
And  Clcudsthat  move 
In  liquid  Air.  " 

^,  6.  Let  xhem  adore  the  Lord, 

And. pra"fc;  his  holy  Name, 
By  whofe  almighty  Word 

They  all  foVn  Nothing:  canie  : 
And  all  (hall  lafc, 
From  Changes  free  : 
His  firm  Decree 

Stands  eveitdil,  ^;  S,  Let 


PSALM  clxviii.  271 

7,  S.   Let  Earth  her  Tribute  pny  ; 
Praife  Film  ye  deadfal  Whales, 
And  Fill  that  throueh  ihe  Sea 

Glide  fwifc  with  eliit'rin^  Sc.  hs  : 
Fire,  HaH,  and  Snow, 
And  mi  fly  Air, 
And  Winds  that,  where 
He  bids  them,  blow. 

9,  TO.  By  HiliS  and  Mountains  {^Wjk 
'     In  frratefal  Contort  join'd) 
By  Cedars  flately  tall. 

And  Trees  for  Fruit  defign'd  : 
-  By  ev'ry  Beaft, 
And  creeping  Thin j, 
And  Fowl  of  Wing;. 
Hib  Name  be  bleil. 

il,  t2.  Let  all  of  roval  Birth, 

Wiih  thofe  of  humbler  F-ramej 
Ani  judges  of  the  Earth, 

His  mat  chiefs  Praife  proclaim. 
In  this  De/ign 
Let  Yourh^  with  \4aid?, 
And  hoary  Heads 
With  Children  join. 


J 15.  United  Zeal  be  fhown. 

His  won-^'K)us  Fante  to  raife, 
Whofe  glorious  Name. alone 
Deferves  oui-  endlcfs  Praife. 

Ea'-th's  utmoft  Ends 
His  Pow'r  obey  : 
His  yloiious  Sway 
The  Sic/  tranfcend?, 


14.  HiJ 


2/2       PSALM    cxlvjli,  (j-xiix. 

I  A.  His  chofen  Saints  to  grace, 

He  fets  them  up  on  high. 
And  favours  Ijr'*eVs  Race, 
Who  ilill  10  Him  are  nigh. 
O  therefore  raife 
Vour  grateful  Voice, 
And  ftiil  rejoice 
The  Lord  to  praifc. 

^  S  A  L  M  CXLIX. 

s,2. /^  Traife  ye  the  Lord, 

\J    prepare  your  glad  Voice, 
His  Praile  in  the  great 

Aflembly  to  fmg. 
In  our  great  Creaior 

let  /,rW  rejoice, 
And  Children  o^Sion 
be  glad  in  their  King. 

3,4.  Let  them  his  great  Name 

cxtcl  in  the  Dance  ; 
With  Timbrel  and  Harp 

his  Praifes  exprefs. 
Who  always  takes  Pieafure 

his  Saints  to  advance. 
And  with  his  Salvation 

the  humble  to  blefs. 

5,  6.  With  Glory  adorn'd, 
his  People  fnall  iing 
To  God,  who  their  Beds 

with  Safet)  does  fhifld  ; 
Their  Mouibs  fill'd  with  Praifes 

of  Him  their  great  King  ; 
Whilft  a  two-edged  Sword 
their  right  Hand  jftiali  wield, 

7,  8.  Jaft 


P  S  A  L  M  ^xlix^cl,    ,      273 

7,  8.  Juft  Venore^rtCc  to'"  filled  '  '   " '^ 

for  Injuries  pntl  ; 
To  puniih  thofe  Lands 

for  Ruin  defign'd  ; 
With  Chains,  a*;  rheir  Captives. 

to  tie  their -Kinc^S  tM, 
Wi'h  Fitters  of  Iron 

their  Nobles  to  bind.    * 

9.  Thu=;  Hi  all  they  niake  good, 
when  them  they  deflroy. 
The  dreadful  Decree 

which  God  does  procl.iim  : 
Such  Honour  and  Triuaiph 

his  Saints  (hall  enjoy, 
O  therefore  fo^cv^er 
exalt  his  great  Name  ! 

P  S  .-I  L  M    CL. 

1    /^  Praife  the  Lord  in  that  blefl  Phice, 

\_J  I'Vom  whence  hi^Goodneis  largely  flows: 
P-aiic  H;m  in  Heav'n,  where  He  his  Face 
Unveii'd  in  perfect  Glory  lliows. 

2.  Praif!  H'-.n  for  all  chi  mighty  A 5ls, 
Which  He  on  oar  Behalf  has  done  ; 
His  iCindneL  this  Return  e<a:cs. 

With  vvhich  our  Praife  ih^uli  e.jual  run. 

3.  Let  the  ihrill    Trumpei's  wadike  Voice 
Make  Rocks  and  Kiiis  iiis  Piaite  rebound.; 
Praife  Him  with  Harp's  m-4odioas  Noife, 
And  gsnctg  Pfait'ry^s  fil'/er  Sound. 

4.  Let  Virgin  Tro^pb  fo*t  Tinij-els  bring, 
A.ndfo.ui  witfi-gcaceful  iVIodoa  dance  ; 
Let  Inftrumeats  of  various  Strings, 
With  Organs  join'd,  his  Praif;;  ai/ance. 

5.  Let 


2  74  PSA  LM    cl. 

5.  Let  ihem  who  joyful  Hymns  ccmpcfe. 
To  Cymbals  fet  their  Songs  of  Prnife  ; 
Cymbiils  of  common  Ufa,  and  thofe 
Tliat  loudl)  found  on  folemn  Day5. 

6.  Let  all  tPrt  vital  Breath  erjoy, 
The  Breath  He  does  to  them  afford, 
In  jufl  Returns  of  Praife  employ  : 
Let  ev'ry  Cjealure  praife  the  Lord.' 

THE     END. 


-GLORIA  l^ATRI,  &c. 

Common  Meafure. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Hoiy  Ghoft, 
the  God  whom  we  adoK, 
Be  Glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 
and  fLall  be  evermore. 

As  Pfalm  25,- 
^T~*0  God  the  Father/ Son, 
_i        and  Spirit,,  Glory  be  f 
As  'twa>.  and  is,  and  lliall  be  fo 
to  all  Eternity. 

Js  the  ]00ib  P/alffi. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Hoiy  Ghoft, 
TheGod  when)  Earth  and  Hcav'n  adore. 
Be  Glory  as  it  was  of  Old, 
Is  now,  and  fhall  be  evermore. 

Ji'  Pjalm   57,    c,n(^  lafi  Tart  cf  the   Hi   P/alm 
Tune. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  lioly  Ghod, 
TheGod  whomHeav'n's  triun.phautHoIt, 
And  fuff'rine  S:tinti;  on  E^rth  adore, 

Bt 


GLORIA   PAl'RI,  0?c, 

Be  Glory  as  in  Ages  part, 
And  now  it  is,  and  lolha!!  lall. 

When  Time  itfelf  muil  be  no  more. 

Js  Pfalm  £48. 

TO  God  the  Father,  Son, 
And  Spirit  ever  blefsM, 
Eternal  Three  in  One, 
AJ I  VVorlhip  be  add refs'd. 
As  heretofore 
It  was,  is  novv. 
And  fhall  be  lb 
'  For  evermore. 

At  P/ahn  149. 

BY  Angels  in  Heav'n 
of  ev'ry  Degree, 
And  Saints  upon  Earth, 
all  Praiie  be  addrefs'd 
To  GoJ  in  three  Perfoiis, 
one  God  ever  blefs'd  ; 
As  it  has  been,  now  is, 
and  always  fhall  be. 

To  be  /ling  to  any  dontle  Tune  /«  thz   common 
Meafure. 

TO  God,  our  Benefador,  brinoj 
^T\\z  Tribute  of  your  Praiie  ; 
Too  fmall  for  an  almighty  Kingv 
But  all  that  we  can  raife. 

Glory  to  Thee,  blefs'd  Three  in  One, 

'The  God  whom  we  adore  ; 
As  v/as,  and  is,  and  fhall  be  done. 

When  Time  fliall  be  no  more. 

Th.? 


(  ^76  ) 
The  PjVmijVsVvdiYQX  for  the  Church. 

CG7nmon  Meafure, 

LORD,  blcfs  thy  People,  who  to  Thee 
do  all  their  Safety  owe  ; 
Feed  Thou  thy  Flotk,  and  raife  them  up, 
when  they  are  fallen  low. 

/  "     -v  Another. 

DEb'ght  to  blefs  ihy  Peopk,  L'€rd, 
defend  ard  fuccour  them  ; 
l)o  good  to  ^1071  ;  build  the  V/alls 
of  thy  yerpjaiern. 

Js  the  iQCt/j  Pfahn. 

THY  People  whom  Thou  lov'il.,   delight 
To  blefs,  defend  and  fuccour  them  ; 
Do  good  to  ^kn^  Lord,  and  build 
TKe"  Walls  of  thy  Jeru/alem, 

/l7iother.. 

OH  !  may  thy  Church,  thy  Turtle-Dove, 
Mournful,  yet  chaft,  tby  Pity  move  : 
To  Pjirds  of  Prey  expole  her  not, 
Tho'  Poor,  too  dear  to  be  forgot. 

As  Pfahn  25. 

LET  iiion  Favour  find, 
cf  thy^gccd  Will  afTuVd  ; 
And  thy  own  City  fiourifn  long, 
by  lefty  Walls  fecur'd. 


APPENDIX, 

CONTAINING 
A  Number  of 

H  r  M  N  s. 

Taken  chiefly  from 

Dr.  ^A  r  r  S's 

SCRIPTURAL    COLLECTION. 

And  they  lung  a  newSong,£:?f.Rev. V.9. 

BOSTON: 
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HYMN    L 
•  Rev.  V.   6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  12. 

BEHOLD  the  Glories  of  the  Lamb 
amidfl  his  Father's  Throne  ; 
Prepare  new  Honours  for  his  Name, 
and  Songs  before  unknown. 

2.  Let  Elders  worlliip  at  his  Feet, 
the  Church  adore  around, 

With  Vials  full  of  Odours  fweet, 
with  Harps  of  fweetefl  Sound. 

3.  Thofe  are  the  offered  Prayers  of  Saints, 
and  thefe  the  Hymns  they  raife  : 

jfefus  is  kind  to  our  Complaints, 
He  loves  to  hear  our  Praife, 

4.  Now  to  the  Lamb  that  once  was  Ilain, 

be  endlefs  Bleffings  paid  ; 
Salvation,  Glory,  Joy  remain 
for  ever' on  thy  Head. 

5.  Thou  hart:  redeemM  our  Souls  with  Blood, 
hail  fet  the  Pris'ners  free, 

Haft  made  us  Kings  and  Priefts  to  God, 
and  we  fhall  reign  v/ith  Thee. 

6.  The  Worlds  of  Nature  and  of  Grace 

are  put  beneath  thy  Pow'r  ; 
Then  fhorten  thefe  delaying  Days, 
and  bring  the  promis'd  Hour. 

A  2  HTM N 


4  HYMN    ii. 

H  r  M  N  ir. 
m.  Lv.  I,  2,  ^c. 

I    T    ET  ev'ry  mortal  Ear  attend, 

X_^     and  ev'ry  Heart  rejoice, 
The  Trumpet  of  the  Gofpel  founds 
with  an  inviting  Voice. 

2.  Ho  !  all  ye  hungry  llarving  Souls, 
that  feed  upon  the  Wirif^, 

And  vainly  ftrive  with  earthly  Toys 
to  fill  an  empty  Mind  : 

3.  Eternal  Wifdom  has  prepared 

a  Soul-reviving  Feall, 
And  bids  your  longing  Appetites 

the  rich  Provifion  tafte. 
i^ .  Ho  !  ye  that  pant  for  living  Streams, 

and  pine  away  and  die  ; 
Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  Thipft 

v%  ith  Springs  that  never  dry. 

5 .  Rivers  of  Love  and  Mercy  here 

in  a  rich  Ocean  join  ; 
Salvation  in  Abundance  flows, 
like  Floods  of  Milk  and  Wine. 

6.  Ye  perifliing  and  naked  Poor, 
who  work  with  mighty  Pain, 

To  weave  ^  Garment  of  your  own, 
that  will  not  hide  your  Sin  ; 

7.  Come  naked  and  adoi'n  your  Souls, 
in  Robes  prepar'd  by  God, 

Wrought  by  the  Labours  of  his  Son, 

and  dy'd  in  his  own  Blood. 
S.  Dear  Lord  !  the  Treafures  of  thy  Love 

are  everlafling  Mine9, 
:Deep  as  our  helplefs  Miferies  are, 

and  boundlefs  as  our  Sins,  9*  The 


HYMN   li,   iii,   iv. 

9.  The  happy  Gates  of  Gofpel-Grace 

ftand  open  Night  and  Day  ; 
Lord,  we  are  come  to  feek  Supplies, 
*  and  drive  our  Wants  away. 

HYMN    TIL 

ifa.  xxvr,  I 5. 

I    TJOW  honourable  is  the  Place 

X  A     where  we  adoring  (land, 
Biouy  the  Glory  of  the  Earth, 

and  Beauty  of  the    Land  ! 
2*  Bulwarks  of  mighty  Grace  defend 

the  City  where  we  dwell  ; 
The  Walls  of  ftrong  Salvation  made, 

defy  th'  AiTaults  of  Hell. 

3.  Lift  up  the  everlafting  Gates^ 
the  Doors  wide  open  fling  ; 

Enter  ye  Nations  that  obcrv 
the  Statutes  of  our  King. 

4.  Here  fhail  you  tafte  iinmingled  Joys, 
and  live  in  perfedl  Peace  ; 

YoM  that  have  kaown  Jebo^vah'^  Name, 
and  ventur'd  on  his  Grace. 

5.  Trull  in  the  Lord,  for  ever  trail, 
and  banilli  all  your  F.ars  ; 

Strength  in  the  Lord  Jehovah  dwells, 
eternal  as  his  Years. 

H  r  M  N    IV. 
Ifa.  LV.  I,  2.  Zech.  XIU.  i.  Mic.  VII.  19.  "ijf: 

IN  vam  we  lavi.h  out  our  Lives  -     ^ 

t.)  g  .iher  empty  Wind, 
'i  ne  tnoiceil  Bleilings  Earth  can  yield 
will  Itarve  a  hungry  Mind. 

-^3  z    Ccn.?< 


6  H  Y  M  N   iv. 

2.  Come,  and  the  Lord  fhall  feed  our  Souls 

with  more  fubftantinl  Meat : 
With  fach  as  Saints  in  Glory  love, 
with  fuch  as  Angels  eat. 

3.  Our  God  will  every  Want  fupply, 
and  fill  our  Hearts  with  Peace  ; 

He  gives  by  Cov'nant  and  by  Oath 
the  Riches  of  his  Grace, 

4.  Coiiie,  and  He'il  clcanfe  our  fpotted' Souls, 
and  vvaili  away  our  Stains 

In  the  dear  Fountain  that  his  Son 
pour'd  from  his  dying  Veins.. 

5.  Our  Gailt  fhall  vanifli  all  away, 

tho'  black  as  Hell  before  ; 

-Our  Sins  fliall  fink  beneath  the  Sea, 

and  (hall  be  found  no  more. 

6.  And  lell  Pollution  lliould  o'er-fpread 
our  inward  Pow'rs  again. 

His  Spirit  fhall  bedew  our  Souls 
like  purifying  Rain. 

7.  Our  Heart,  that  flinty  llubborn  Things 
that  Terrors  cannot  move, 

That  fears  no  Threatnings   of  his  V/.ath, 
ihiU  be  diflblv'd  by  Love. 

8.  Or  He  can  take  the  Flint  away, 
that  would  not  be  relia'd. 

And  from  the  Treafures  of  his  Grace 
bellow  a  fofter  Mind. 

9.  There  fhall  his  facred  Spirit  dwelV 
and  deep  engrave  his  Law, 

And  ev'ry  Motion  of  our  Souls 

to  fwift  Obedience  draw.  10.  Thui 


HYMN.  iv.  V.  7 

10.  Thus  will  He  pour  Salvation  down, 

and  we  Ihall  render  Praife  ; 
We  the  dear  People  of  his  Love, 

and  He  our  God  of  Grace. 

H  r  M  N  Y, 
Ifa.  LII.  7,    8,  9,    10.   Matt.   XIJI.    i6,    17. 

1   T  TOW  beauteous  arc  their  Feet 

JlX     ^^^o  rtand  on  Siori's  Hill, 
Who  bring  Salvation  on  their  Tongues, 
and  Words  of  Peace  reveal  ! 

2.  How  charming  is  their  Voice  ! 
how  fweet  the  Tidings  are  ! 

**  Sion  behold  thy  Saviour  King, 
**  He  reigns  and  triumphs  here. 

3.  How  happy  iire  our  Ears, 
that  hear  this  joyful  Sound, 

Which  Kings  and  Prophets  waited  for, 
and  fought  but  never  found  1 

4.  How  bleiTed  are  our  Eyes, 
that  fee  this  heav'nly  Light  ; 

Prophets  and  Kings  defirM  it  long, 
but  dy'd  without  the  Sight  ! 

5.  The  Watchmen  join  their  Voice, 
and  tuneful  Notes  employ  ; 

Jeru/tihm  breaks  forth  with  Song.% 
and  Defarts  learn  the  Joy. 

6.  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  Attti 
thro*  all  the  Earth  abroad  ; 

Let  evVy  Nation  now  behold 
their  Saviour  and  their  God. 

A  4  nVM 


8         ,      H  Y  M  N  •  vi,  vii. 

H  r  M  N  VI. 

I   Pet.  I.  3,  4,  5. 

I    TJLEST  be  the  everlailing  God, 

X5     the  Father.of  our  Lord  ; 
Be  his  abounding  Mercy  prais'd, 

his  Majefty  ador'd. 

2.  When  from  the  Dead  He  rais'd  his  Son,     * 

and  caird  Him  to  the  Sky, 

He  gave  our  Souls  a  lively  Hope 

that  they  Ihould  never  die. 

3.  What  tho*  our  inbred  Sins  require 
our  Fiefh  to  fee  the  Duft, 

Yet  as  the  Lord  our  Saviour  rofe, 
fo  all  his  Followers  muft. 

4.  There's  an  Inheritance  divine 

referv'd  againft  that  Day, 
'Tis  uncorrupted,  undefiPd,  - 
and  cannot  walle  away. 

5.  Saints  by  the  Povv'r  of  God  are  kept, 
till  the  Salvation  come  ; 

We  walk  by  Faith  as  Strangers  here, 
till  Chrifl  fliall  call  us  Home. 
HYMN    VII. 

Ifa.  XXVI.  8, 20. 

I    TN  thin2  own  V/ays,  O  "God  of  Love, 
J_     We  wait  the  Vifits  of  thy  Grace  ; 
Our  SouFs  Defire  is  to  thy  Name, 
And  the  Remembrance  of  thy  Face. 
2.  MyThoughts  are  fearching,  Lord,  for  Thee, 
Amongft  the  Shades  of  lonefome  Night  : 
My  earneil  Pray'rs  afjend  the  Skies       ; 
Before  the  Dawn  reliores  the  Light. 

5*  Look 


ir  Y  M  N"   viu  viii.  9 

'].  Lock  how  rebellious  Men,  deride 
The  tender  Prtience  of  my  God  ; 
But  they  fliall  fee  thy  lifted  Hand, 
And  feel  the  Scourges  of  thy  Rod. 

4.  Hark  I    the  Esernal  rends  the  Sky, 
A  mighty  Voice  before  Him  goes, 

A  Voice  of  Mufjck  to  his  Friend?, 
But  threatning  Thunder  to  his  Foes. 

5.  Come,  Children,  to  yotir  Father's  Arms, 
Hide  in  the  Chambers  of  my  Grace, 

Till  the  fierce  Storms  be  overblown, 
And  my  revenging  Fury  ceafe. 

.     H  r  M  N  viir. 

Ifa.  XL.   27,    28,    29,    jOr 

1   T  T  THence  do  our  mournful  Tho*ts  arife  I 
V  V       ^^'<i  where's  our  Courage  fled  ? 

Has  reftlefs  Sin  and  raging  Hell 
ftruck  all  our  Comforts  dead  ? 

2.  Have  we  forgot  th'  almighty  Name 

that  forni'd  the  Earth  and  Sea  ?        ^ 
And  can  an  all-creating  Arm 
grow  weary  or  decay  ? 

3.  Treafures  of  everlailing  Might 


ii  our  j'eho-uah  dwell  ; 


H 


He  gives  the  Conqueft  to  the  weak, 

and  treads  their  Foes  to  Hell. 
4.  Mere  mortal  Power  Ihall  fade  and  die, 

and  youthful  Vigour  ceafe, 
But  we  that  wait  upon  the  Lord 

ihall  feel  our  Strength  increafe. 

A  5  5.  The 


i(^  HYMN  viii,  ix. 

5.  The  Saints  ftiall  mount  on  Eagles  Wings, 

and  tafte  the  promis'd  Blifs, 
'Till  their  unwearied  Feet  arrive 

where  perfed  Pleafare  is., 

H  r  M  N   IX. 

Ifa.XLlX.   15,  14,  eifc. 

1   '^wT^^  Ihall  my  inward  Joys  arifc, 

X^         and  burft  into  a  Song  ; 
Almighty  Love  infpires   my  Heart, 

and  Pleafure  tunes  my  Tongue. 
2.  God  on  his  thirfly  S/£)«-Hill- 

fome  Mercy- Drops  has  thrown 
And  folemn  Oaihs  have  bound  his  Love 

to  fhow'r  Salvation  down. 

3.  Why  do  we  then  indulge  our  Fears, 
Sufpicions  and  Complaints  } 
Is  He  a  God,  and  flia'l  his  Grace 
grow  wea^-y  of  his  Saints  ? 

4.  Can  a  kind  Woman  e'er  forget 
the  Infant  of  her  Womb, 

Among  a  thoufand  tender  Thoughts 
her  Suckling  have  no  room  ? 

5.  "  Yet,  faith  the  LoTd,  ihould  Nature  change, 

"  and  MctLers  Monilers  prove,    ,. 
♦<  Sicn  ftill  dwells  upon  the  Heart, 

**  of  everlaiUng  Love. 
6.   '*  Deep  on  the  Palms  of  both  my  Hands 

"  1  have  engrav'd  her  Name  ; 
"  My  Hands  fhali  raife  her  ruin'd  Walls 

♦'  and  build  her  broken  Frame. 

H  r  M  N 


H  r  M  NX.' 

Rev.  VII,   13,   bV. 

I 'T'^HefegloTiousMindshow  bright  tKeyfliine, 

X        whence  all  their  white  Array  ? 
How  ccrae  they  to  the  happy  Seats  . 
of  everlafting  Day   ? 

2.  From  tort'ring  Pains  to  endlefs  Joys 
on  fiery  Wheels  they  rode, 

And  Itrangely  vvalh'd  their  Raiment  whiis 
in  Jejus^  dying  Blood. 

3.  Now  they  approach  a  fpotlcfs  God, 

and  bow  before  his  Throne, 
Their  warbling  Harps  and  facred  Songs 
adore  the  holy  One. 

4.  The  unvail'd  Glories  of  his  Face 
amongft  his  Saints  refide. 

While  the  rich  T  eafure  cf  his  Grac< 
fees  all  their  Wants  fupply'd. 


.l^C, 


5.  Tormenting  Thirft  fhall  leave  their  Sculs 
.and  Hunger  flee  as  fail  ; 

The  Fruit  of  Life's  immortal  Tree 
fhall  be  their  fweet  Repaft, 

6.  The  Lamb  fhall  lead  his  heav'niy  Flock 
where  living  Fountains  rife. 

And  Love  divine  fhall  wipe  away 
the  Sorrows  of  their  Eyes, 

H  r  M  N     XL 
Rev.  XV.   3,  &c. 
I  \T7E  fing  the  Glories  of  thy  Love, 

VV       ^ve  found  thy  dreadful  Name  ; 
The  Chriflian  Church  unites  the  Songs 
0\  Mojcs  and  the  Lamb, 

2.  Grea^ 


12  H  Y  M  N    xi,  xii. 

2.  Great  God,  how  wondrous  are  thy  Works 
of  Vengeance  and  of  Grace  ? 

Thou  King  of  Saints,   almighty  Lord, 
how  juft  and  true  thy  Ways  ? 

3.  Who  dares  refufe  to  fear  thy  Name, 
or  worfhip  at  thy  Throne  ? 

Thy  Judgments  fpeak  thine  Holinefs 
thro*  all  the  Nations  known. 

HYMN    XII. 

John  XVI.  16,  Luke  XXII,  19.  John  XIV.  3, 

I     TESUS  is  gone  above  the  Skies, 

J       Where  our  weak  Senfes  reach  Him  not. 
And  carnal  Objefts  court  our  E\'es 
To  thriiil  cur  Saviour  from  our  Thought. 

2.  He  knows  what  wandering  Hearts  we  have 
Apt  to  forget  his  lovelv  Face  ; 

And  to  refrefh  our  Mindr  He  gave 
T\it^^  kind  Memorials  of  his  Grace. 

3.  The  Lord  of  Life  this  Table  fpread 
,  With  his  own  Flefli  and  dying  Blood  ; 

We  on  the  rich  Provifion  feed, 

And  talle  the  Wine,  and  blefs  our  God, 

4.  Let  fmful  Sweets  be  all  forgot, 
And  Earth  grow  iefs  in  our  Efteem  ; 
Chriji  and  his  Love  fill  ev'ry  Thought, 
And  Faith  and  Hope  be  fix'd  on  Him, 

5.  While  He  is  abfent  from  our  Sight 
*Tis  to  prepare  our  Souls  a  Place,^ 
That  v/e  may  dwell  in  heav'nly  Light, 
And  live  for  ever  near  his  Face. 

6.  Our 


HYMN     xii,  xlii.  13 

6.  Our  Eyes  look  upwards  to  the  flills 
Whence  our  returning  Lord  fhnll  come  ; 
We  wait  thy  Chariots  awful  Wheels 
To  fetch  our  longing  Spirits  Home. 

H  r  M  M    XTII. 

Luke  XIV.   17,   22,  23. 

I    T  T^^  fwf  et  and  awful  is  the  Place 

1  J.     with  ChriJ}  within  the  Doors, 
While  everlafting  Love  difplays 
the  choiceil  of  her  Stores  ! 

2.  Here  ev'ry  Bowclof  our  God 
with  foft  Coropaffion  rolls, 

HcTQ  Pea(-e  and  Pardon  bought  with  Blood 
is  Food  for  dying  SouU. 

3.  While  all  our  Hearts,  and  all  our  Songs, 
join  to  admire  the  Feaft, 

Each  of  us  cry  wiih  thankful  Tongues, 
"  Lord,  why  was  I  a  Gusft  ? 

4.  "  Why  was  I  made  to  hear  thy  Voice, 
*'  and  enter  while  there's  Room  ; 

*'  When  thoufands  make  a  wretched  Choice 
"and  rather  llarve  than  come  ? 

5.  'Twas  the  fame  Love  that  fj.)read  the  Feaft, 
that  fweetly  forcM  us  in, 

Elfe  we  had  lUll  refus'd  to  tarte. 
and  perifli'd  in  our  Sin, 

6.  Pity  the  Nations,  O  our  God, 
coniirain  tiie  earth  to  come  ; 

Send  thy  vi(5lorious  Word  abroad, 
and  bring  the  Strangers  Home. 

7.  V/e 


14        H  Y  M  N  xiiiv  XIV,  XV. 

7.  We  long  fo  fee  thy  Churches  full, 

that  all  the  chofen  Race, 
May  with  one  Voice,  and  Heart,  and  Sou], 

fing  thy  redeeming  Grace, 

H  r  M  N    XIV. 
Solopion's  Song  I.  7. 

1   -^"F^HOU  whom  my  Soul  admires  above 
^   _    All  earthly  Joys  andearthly  Love, 
Tell  me,  dear  Shepherd,  let  me  know 
Where  doth  thy  fweetell:  Pafture  grow  ? 

2.  Where  is  the  Shadow  of  that  Rock, 
That  fiom  the  Sun  defends  thy  Flock  ? 
Fain  would  I  feed  among  thy  Sheep, 
Among  them  reft,  among  them  deep. 

3.  Why  fhould  thy  Bride  appear  like  one 
That  turns  afide  to  Paths  unknown  ? 
My  conftant  Feet  would  never  rove. 
Would  never  feek  another  Love. 

-4.  The  Footfteps  of  thy  Flock  I  fee  ; 
Thy  fv/eeteft  Paftures  here  they  be  ; 
A  wondrous  Feaft  thy  Love  prepares. 
Bought  with  thy  Wounds,  and  Groans  &  Tears* 

j;.  His  deareft  Flefh  He  makes  my  Food, 
And  bids  me  drink  his  richeft  Blood  : 
Here  to  thefe  Hills  my  Soul  will  come. 
Till  my  Beloved  lead  me  home. 

H  r  M  N    XV. 

Solomon's  Soag  IL   8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13. 
I    f  B  ^HE  Voice  of  my  Beloved  founds 

JL        Over  the  Rocks  and  rifmg  Grounds  ; 
O'er  Hills  of  Guilt,  and  Seas  o^f"  Grief, 
He  leaps,  He  flies  to  my  Relief. 

z.  Nov/ 


H  Y  M  N  XV,  xvi.  i^ 

2.  Now  thro'  the  Veil  of  Flelh  I  fee 
With  Eyes  of  Love  He  looks  at  me  ; 
Now  in  the  Gofpel's  cleareft  Glafs 
He  (hows  the  Beauties  of  his  Face. 

3.  Gently  He  draws  my  Heart  along. 
Both  with  his  Beauties  and  his  Tongue  : 

**  Rife,"  faith  my  Lord,  "  make  halte  away, 
*'  No  mortal  Joys  are  worth  thy  Stay. 

4.  "  The  Jei.vijh  wintry  State  is  gone, 

♦'  The  Mills  are  fled,  the  Spring  comes  on, 
"  The  facred  Turtle-Dove  we  hear 
"  Proclaim  the  new,  the  joyful  Year. 

5.  "  Th'  immortal  Vine  of  heav'nly  Root, 
"  BlofToms  and  buds,  and  gives  her  Fruit." 
I.o,  we  are  come  to  tafte  the  Wine  : 

Our  Souis  rejoice  and  blefs  the  Vine. 

6.  And  when  we  hear  our  jejus  fay, 

"  Rife  up  my  Love,  make  haile  away"  ? 
Our  Hearts  would  fain  out-fly  the  V,  ind. 
And  leave,  all  earthly  Loves  behind. 

H  r  M  N    XVI. 

Solomon's  Song  IIL  2,  11. 
AUGHTERS  oi  Ston,  come,  behold 

The  Crown  of  Honor  and  of  Gold, 
Whic.i  the  glad  Church  with  Joys  unkno^^n 
Plac'd  on  the  Head  of  So-omo>i. 

7.  Jefiis,  thou  everlaiting  Kin;?, 
Accept  the  Tribute  which  we  bring  :    . 
A^ccept  the  well-deferv'd  Renown, 
And  wear  our  Praifes  as  thy  Crown. 

3.  Let  every  Acl  of  Worfhip  be 
Like  our  Eipoufais,  Lord,  to  Thee  ; 

Like 


1 6  HYMN    xvi,  xvH. 

Like  the  dear  Hour  when  from  above 
We  firft  receiv'd  thy  Pledge  of  Love. 

4.  The  Gladnefs  of  that  happy  Day, 
Oar  Hearts  would  wiih  it  lone  to  ftay  j 
Nor  let  our  Faith  fbrfake  its  Hold, 
Nor  Comfort. fmk,  nor  Love  grow  cold. 

5.  Still  may  each  Minute  as  it  fiies, 
Increafe  thy  Praife,  improve  our  Joys, 
Till  we  are  rais'd  to  fing  thy  Name 
At  the  great  Supper  of  the  Lamb. 

6.  O  that  the  Months,  would  roll  away. 
And  bring  that  Coronation-Day  I 

The  K:ing  of  Grace  (liall  fill  the  Throne 
With  ail  his  Failjer's  GJories  on. 

H  r^M  N.  XVIL 

Ifa.  LVTL   15,  16' 

I    ^TT^HUS  faith  the  high  and  lofty  One, 

X        **  I  fit  upon  my  holy  Throne  ; 
**  My  Name  is  God,  I  dwell  on  high  ; 
*•  Dwell  in  my  own  Eternity. 

2.  *'  But  I  del'cend  to  Worlds  below, 
**  On  Earth  I  have  a  Manfion  too  ; 
"  The  humble  Spirit  and  contrite 

**  Is  an  Abode  of  my  Delight. 

3.  "  The  humble  Soul  my  Words  revive, 
«*  rbid  the   mouming  Sinner  live  ; 

**  Htal  all  the  broken  Hearts  I  find, 
**  And  eafe  the  Soirows  of  the  Mind. 

4.  *'  When  I  contend  againll  their  Sin, 

**  I  make  them  know  how  vile  they've  been  j 

**  But  iliould  my  Wrath  for  ever  fmoke, 

«'  Their  SqhIs  would  fink  beneath  my  Stroke, 

5.0 


HYMN    xvii,  xviii.  17 

5.  O  may  thy  pardoning  Grace  be  nigh. 
Left  >ve  fhouid  faiat,  defpair  and  die  ! 
Thus  ihall  our  better  Thoughts  approve 
The  Methods  of  thy  chaft'ning  Love. 

HYMN    XVII. 

Matt.  V.   3. 12. 

1    T3LEST  are  the  humble  SquIs  that  fee 

I  J     Their  Emptinefs  and  Poverty  ; 
Treafures  of  Grace  to  them  are  giv'n. 
And  Crowns  of  Joy  laid  up  in  Heav'n. 

2.  Blefi;  are  the  Men  of  broken  Heart, 
Who  mourn  for  Sin  with  inward  Smart ; 
The  Blood  o^  Chriji  divinely  flows 

A  healing  Balm  for  all  their  Woes. 

3.  Blell  are  the  Meek^  who  ftand  afar 
From  Rage  and  Paffion,  Noife  and  War  ; 
God  will  fecure  their  happy  State 

And  plead  their  Caufe  againft  the  Great. 

4.  Bleil:  are  the  Souls  that  thirft  for  Grace, 
Hunger  and  long  for  RighteouGnefs  ; 
They  fhall  be  well  fupply'd  and  fed 
With  living  Streams  and  living  bread. 

5.  Bleft  are  the  Men  whofe  Bowels  move 
And  melt  with  Sympathy  and  Love  ; 
From  Chrift  the  Lord  they  ihail  obtain 
Like  Sympathy  and  Love  again  : 

6.  Bleft  are  the  Pure,  whofe  Hearts  arc  cleaa 
From  the  defiling  Powers  of  Sin  ; 

With  endlefs  Pleafures  they  (hall  fee 
A  God  of  fpotlefs  Purity. 

7.  Bleft  are  the  Men  of  peaceful  Life, 
Who  quench  the  Coals  of  growing  Strife  ; 

They 


1 8       HYMN    xvili,  xix,  xx. 

They  fhall  be  calPd  the  Heirs  of  Blifs, 
The  Sons  of  God,  the  God  of  Peace. 
8.  Bleft  are  the  SufF'rers  who  partake 
Of  Pain  and  Shame  for  Jefus*  fake  ; 
Their  Souls  (hall  triumph  in  the  Lord, 
Glory  and  Joy  are  their  Reward. 

H  r  M  N    XIX. 

2  Tim.  I.   12. 
1   T'M  not  afham'd  to  own  my  Lord, 

X.     or  to  defend  his  Caufe, 
Maintain  the  Honour  of  his  Word, 
the  Glory  of  his  Crofs. 

2.  Jefus,  my  God  !  I  know  his  Name, 
his  Name  is  all  my  Truft  ; 

Nor  will  He  put  my  Soul  to  Shame, 
nor  let  my  Hope  be  loft. 

3.  Firm  as  his  Throne  his  Promife  Hands 
and  He  can  well  fecure 

"What  I've  committed  to  his  Flands, 
till  the  decifive  Hour. 

4.  Then  will  He  own  my  worthlefs  Name, 
before  his  Father's  Face, 

And  in  the  new  JerumJem 
appoint^my  Soul  a  Piace, 

//  r  M  N    XX. 

2  Cor.  I,  5,-8. 
I   ^  I  "^Here  is  a  Houle  not  made  with  V*'^..v><iSf 

X        eternal'  and  on  high» 
And  here  my  Spirit  waiting  ilands 

-till  God'ihall  bid  it  fly. 
2.  Shortly  this  Prifon  of  my  Clay 

mull  be  difiblv'a  and  fall  ; 
Ihen,  O  my  Soul,  with  joy  obey 

thy  heav'nl^  Father's  Call.  3.    1  is 


HYMN    XX,  xxi.  19 

3.  *Tis  He  by  his  almighty  Grace 

that  forms  thee  fit  for  Heav'n, 
And  as  an  Earnell  of  the  Place 
has  his  own  Spirit  giv'n. 

4.  We  walk  by  Faith  of  Joys  to  come, 
Faith  lives  upon  his  Word  ; 

But  while  the  Body  is  our  Home 
we're  abfent  from  the  Lord. 

5.  *Tis  pleafant  to  believe  thy  Grace 

buc  we  had  rather  fee  ; 
We  would  be  abfent  from  the  Flelli 
and  prefenc.  Lord,  wich  X'hee. 

HYMN    XXL 

Matt.  XXIL  37. 40. 


I'TT^HUS  faith  the  firft,  the  great  Command, 

A.        **  Let  all  thy  inward  Pow'rs  unite 
<*  To  love  thy    Maker,  and  thy  God, 
'<  With  utmoll  Vigour  and  D^dight. 

2.  "  Then  iliill  thy  NeighDo.ir  next  in  Place 
♦«  Share  thini  Afieclions  aa  1  Eeleein, 

"  And  let  thy  Kindncfs  to  thy  fcif 

**  Meafure  and   rule  thy  Lo/e  ^o  him,** 

3.  This  is  the  Senfe  that  Mofes  fpoke, 
This  did  the  Prophets  preach  and  prove  , 
For  Want  of  this  the  L  iw  is  broke. 

And  the  whole  Law's  fuliilTd  by  Love,   ■ 

4.  But  O  1  how  bafe  our  Paifious  are  1 
How  cold  our  Charity  aud   Zeal  ! 
Lord,  fill  our  Souls  -with  heav'nly  Fire, 
Or  we  lliall  ne'er  perform  thy  Will. 


20         HYMN    xxii,  xxiii. 

HTMN    XXII. 

Matt.  XI.  2S, 30. 

I    '^/^OTVIE  hither  all  ye  weary  SouTs, 

V^   **  Ye  heavy  laden  Sinners  come, 
**  I'll  give  you  Reft  from  all  your  Toils, 
**  And  raife  you  to  my  heav*nly  Home. 
2. . "  .They  ftiall  find  Reft  that  learn  of  me  ; 
"  I'm  of  a  meek  and  lowly  Mind  ; 
•*  Bat  Pafiion  rages  like  the  Sea, 
**  And  Pride  is  reftlefs  as  the  Wind. 

3.  "  Blefs'd  is  the  Man  who^e  Shoulders  take 
*•  My  Yoke,  and  bear  it  with  Delight  ; 

**  My  Yoke  is  e.afy  to  his  Neck, 

"My  Grace  fhall  make  the  Burden  light.*' 

4.  Jejusy  we  come  at  thy  Command, 
With  Faiih  and  Hope,  and  humble  Zeal, 
Refign  our  Spirits  to  thy  Hand, 

To  mould  and  guide  us  at  thy  Will, 

HTMN    XXIII. 

L'uke  I.  68,  ^c. 

I   f^JOW  bleft  be  IjVePs  Lord  and  God, 

X^      whofe  Mercy  at  our  Need 
Has  viiited  his  People's  Grief, 

and  ihem  from  Bondage  freed  : 

2.  And  rais'd  in  faithful  j6a'vid'sllo\x(Q 
Salvation,  which' of  old, 

E'er  fince  the  World  itielf  began, 
his  Prophets  had  foretoia. 

3.  To  fave  us  from  our  fpiteful  Foer, 
arid  keep  his  Oath  in  raind. 

Which  He  to  Abr'am  heretofore, 
jii:d  to  cur  Fathers  iign'd. 

4.  Tha^ 


HYMN    xxiii,  xxiv.  2 1 

4.  That  we,  from  Fear  and  Danger  freed, 

his  Temple  may  frequent  ; 
And  all  our  Days,  as  in  his  Sight, 
in  holy  Life  be  fpent, 

5.  And  thou,  O  Child,  ihalt  then  be  call'd 
God's  Prophet,  to  declare 

His  MefTage,  and  before  his  Face 
hia  PalTage  to  prepare. 

6.  To  give  them  Light  who  .now  in  Shades 
of  Night  and  Death  abide  ; 

And  in  the  Way  that  leads  to  Peace 
our  Footileps  fafely  guide. 

H  r  M  N    XXIV. 
Luke  I.  46,  ^c. 
I    1\  yTY"  Soul  and  Spirit  fill'd  with  Joy^ 

1 V jL     ^y  God  and  Saviour  praife  ; 
Whoie  Gqodnefs  did  from  poor  Ellate 
his  humble  Hand-maid  raife- 

2.  Me  blell  of  God,  the  God  of  PowV, 
all  Ages  fhall  confefs, 

Whofe  Name  is  holy,  and  whofs  Love 
his  Saints  fhall  ever  blefs. 

3.  The  proud,  and  all  their  vain  Defigns, 

He  quickly  did  confound  : 
He  call  the  mighty  from  their  Seat, 
the  meek  and  humble  crown'd. 

4.  The  hungry  wich  good  Things  are  fill'd, 
the  rich  with  Hunjrer  pin'd  : 

He  fent  his  Servant  I/rel  help, 
and  call'd  his  Love  to  mind  ; 

5.  Which  to  our  Fathers  heretofore, 
by  Oath  He  did  enfurc  ; 

To  Abram  and  his  chofen  Seed, 

for  ever  to  endure.  HTM N 


22         HYMN     xxv^,  xxvi. 
H  r  M  N    XXV. 
Luke  II.  29. 

1    T    ORD  let  thy  Servant  now  depart 

I  J  Into  thy  promis'd  Reft, 
Since  my  expedling  Eyes  have  been 

with  thy  Salvation  bleft : 

2.  Which,  till  this  Time,  thy  favour'd  Saints, 
and  Prophets,  only  knew. 

Long  fince  prepared,  but  now  fet  forth 
in  all  the  People's  View. 

3.  A  Light  to  ihew  the  heathen  World 
the  Way  to  faving  Grace  : 

But  O  \  the  Light  and  Glory  both 
of  Ifr'er^  chofen  Race. 

H  r  M  N    XXVI. 

LukelL  S 15. 

I T  T  7HILE  Shepherds  watch'd  theirFlocks  by 
y  y       all  feated  on  the  Ground,       [Night, 
The  Angel  of  the  Lord  came  down, 
and  Glory  Ihone  around. 

2.  *'  Fear  not,  faid  he,  (for  mighty  Dread 
had  feiz'd  their  troubled  Mind,) 

"  Glad  Tidings  of  great  Joy  I  bring 
**  to  you  and  all  Mankind. 

3.  **  To  you,  in  Da'vidh  Town,  this  Day 
"  is  born  oi  Da-vidh  Line 

**  The  Saviour,  who  is  Chriji  the  Lord  ; 


**  and  this  ihall  be  the  Sign, 


The 


HYMN    xxvi,  xxvii.         23 

4.  *'  The  heav'nly  Babe  you  there  fhall  find 
«'  to  human  View  difplay'd, 

<*  All  meanly  wrapt  in  fwathing  Bands, 
*<  and  in  a  Manger  laid. 

5.  Thus  fpake  the  Seraph,  and  forthwith 
appear*d  a  Ihining  Throng 

Of  Angels,  praifing  God,  and  thus 
addreft  their  joyful  Song  ; 

6.  '*  All  Gk)ry  be  to  God  on  High  ; 
**  and  to  the  Earth  be  Peace  ; 

*«  Good- will  henceforth  from  Heav'n  to  Men, 
**  begin  and  never  ceafe. 

H  r  M  N    XXVII. 

1  Cor.  5.  7.   Rom.  6.  9,  i^c. 

I    QINCE  Chriji  our  PafTover  is  flain 

i3     a  Sacrifice  for  all  ; 
Let  all  with  thankful  Hearts  agree 

to  keep  the  Fellival  : 
2.  Not  with  the  Leaven,  as  of  old, 

of  Sin  and  Malice  fed  ; 
But  with  unfeign'd  Sincerity, 

and  Truth's  unleaven'd  Bread. 

.  Chriji  being  raised  by  Pow'r  divine, 
and  refcu'd  from  the  Grave, 
Shall  die  no  more,  Death  fhall  on  Him 

no  more  Dominion  have  ; 
4«  For  that  He  dy'd,  'twas  for  our  Sins 

He  once  vogchfaf'd  to  die, 
-But  that  He  lives.  He  lives  to  God, 
for  all  Eternity. 

<.  So 


24         H  Y  M.N  xxvii,  xxviih 

« 

5.  So  connt  yourfelves  as  dead  to  Sin, 

but  gracloufly  refior*d, 
And  made  henceforth  alive  to  God, 

through  J  ejus  Chrijl  our  Lord. 

H  r  M  N  xxviri. 

1.  /^  GOD,  we  praife  Thee,  andconfe^ 
V^  that  Thou  the  only  Lord, 

And  everlafling  Father  art 
by  all  the  Earth   ^dor'd. 

2.  To  Thee  all  Angels  cry  aloud, 

to  1  hee  the  Pow'rs  on  high,  . 
Both  Cherubim  and  Seraphim, 
continually  do  cry ; 

3.  O  holy,  holy,  holy,  Lord, 

whom  heav'nly  Hofts  obey  ; 
The  World  is  with  the  Glory  fill'd 
of  thy  majellick  Sway. 

4.  Th'  Apoflles  glorious  Company, 
arid  Prophets  crown'd  with  Light, 

With  all  the  Martyrs  noble  Holt, 
thy  conftant  Praife  recite. 

5.  The  holy  Church  tliro^ighout  the  World, 
O  Lord,   confefTes  Thee, 

That  Thou  eternal  Feather  art 
of  boundlefs  Majefty  : 

6.  Thy  honour'd  true  and  only  Son, 
■    and  holy  Gholl   the  Spring 

Of  never-ceafing  Joy  ;   O  Chrijl 
of  Glory   thou  art  King. 

7.  The  Father's  everlafling  Son, 
Thou  from  on  high  didfl  come 

To 


H  Y  M  N    xxvdii,  xxix. 

To  fave  Mankind,  and  didft  not  then 

dlfdain  the  Virgin*s  Womb. 
S.  "And  having  overcome  the  Sn'ng 

of  Death,  Thou  open'ft  wide 
The  Gates  of  Heav'n  to  all,  who  firm 

in  thy  Belief  abide. 

P  J  R  T    IL 

g.  Crown'd-with  the  Father*s  Glory  Thou 
at  God's  Right-hand  do'ft  fit  ; 

Whence  Thou  fhalt  come  to  be  our  Judge, 
to  fentence  or  acquit. 

10.  O  therefore  fave  thy  Servants,  Lord, 
whofe  Souls  fo  dearly  coll  ; 

Nor  let  the  Purchafe  of  thy  Blood, 
thy  precious  Blood,  be  loft. 

1 1 .  We  magnify  Thee  Day  by  Day  ; 
and  ever  worlhip  Thee. 

Vouchfafe  to  keep  us,  Lord,  this  Day 
fiom  Sin  and  Danger  free 

12.  Have  Mercy,  Mercy,  on  us,  Lord  ! 
to  us  thy  Grace  extend, 

According  as  for  Mercy  we 
on  Thee  alone  depend. 

13.  In  Thee  I  have  reposed  my  Trull, 
and  ever  ftiall  do  fo  ; 

Preferve  me  then  from  Ruin  h^re, 
and  from   eternal  Woe. 


■T 


HYMN    XXIX. 

Rev.  IV.   n.  &  V.  9,  l£c. 

HOU  God.  all  Glory,  honour  Pow'r 
art  worthy  to  receive  : 

B  Since 


2,6  HYMN    xxix,  xxx. . 

Since  all  Things  by  thy  Po\v*r  were  made, 

and  by  thy^ Bounty  live. 
^."And  wor':hy  is  the- Lamb  all  Pow'r 

Honour  and  Wealth  to  gain,,. 
Glory  and  Strength,  who  for  our  Sins 

a  Sacrifice  was  flain. 

3,  All-  worthy  Thou,  who  hall  redeem'd, 

and  ranfom'd  us  to  God, 
From  ev'ry  Nation,  ev'ry  Coali 

by  thy  mofc  precious  Blood. 
.4.  BlelTing  and  Honour,  Glory,  Pow*r 

bv  all  in  Earth  and  Heav'n, 
To  Him  that  fits  upon  the  Throne, 

.and  to  the  Lamb  be  giv*n, 

HTMN    XXX. 

Rev.  XLX.  5,  ^c. 

1      71   LL  ve  who  faithful  Servants  are 

jTy.     of  oiir  almighty  King, 
Both  hieh  and  low,  and  fmall  and  great, 
his  Prsife  devoutlv  fine- 

2.  Let  us  rejoice,  and  render  Thanks 
to  his  moil  holy  Name  ; 

Rejoice,  rejoice,  for  now  is  come 
the  Marriage  of  the  Lamb. 

3.  His  Bride  her  felf  h;is  ready  made 

how  pure  and  white  her  Dfefs  ! 
Which  is  the  Saints  Integrity 
and  fpodefs  Holinefs. 

4.  O  therefore  blell  is  ev*ry  one 
who  to  the  Marriap-e  Feafl", 

And  holv-Sunper  of  the  Lam>b 
is  cal-Pd  a  welcome  Gueft. 


H  Y  M  N    xxxi,  xxxii,  u; 

H  r  M  N    XXXI. 

Matth.  VI.  9,   ^.•. 
1    /^UR  Father,  who  in  Heaven  art, 
.   \y     all  hallow'd  be  thy  Name  ; 
Thy  Kingdom  come  ;  thy  Will  be  done," 
throughout  this  earthly  Fr  me.- 

2.  As  cheerfully  as  'ti?  by  thofe 
who  dwell  with  Thee  on  high  ; 

Lord,  let  thy  Bounty  Day  by  Day 
our  daily  Food  fupply  ; 

3.  As  we  forgi\'e  our  Enemies, 
thy  Pardon,  Lord,  we  crave  ; 

Into  Temptation  lead  us  not, 
bat  us  from  Evil  fave. 

4.  For  Kingdom,  PowV  and  Glory,  dl 

belong,  O  Lord,  to  Thee  ; 
Thine  from  Eternity  they  v/cre, 
and  thine  Ihall  ever  be. 

H  2"  M  N    XXXn. 

I  Cor.  XV.  20,  21.  cc/c/.  m.  I. 

I /"CHRIST  from  the  Dead  is  rals'd,. and  made 

V^     the  firft  Fruits  of  the  Tomb  ; 
For,  as  by  Alan  came  Death,  by  Man 
did  Refurredion  come. 

2.  For,  as  in  Adnm,  all  Mankind 

did  Guilt  and  Death  derive  ; 
So,,  by  the  Righieoufnefs  of  Chriil, 
ihall  all  be  made  alive. 

3.  If  then  ye  rifen  are  with  Chrift, 
feck  only  how  to  get 

The  Things  that  nie  above,  where  Chriil 
at  God's  rieht  FLind  is  fct. 

^     Ba  nruN 


28  HYMN  ^xxiii. 

H  r  M  N   XXXIII. 
Another  Verfion  of  Luke  M-   8,  kc. 
**    O^^p^^-J'^s,  rejoice,  lift  up  your  Eyes, 

^      '*  and  fend  your  Fears  away  ; 
*<  News  from  the  Region  of  the  Skies, 
*'  Salvation's  born  to  Day. 

2.  *'  Jf^fi^^y  the  God  whom  Angels  fear, 
"comes  down  to  dwell  with  yon  : 

*^  To-day  he  makes' his  Entrance  here, 
*'  but  not  as  Monarchs  do. 

3.  "  No  Gold,  nor  purple  fwadling  Bands, 
"  nor  royal  fhining  Things  ; 

**  A  Manger  for  his  Cradle  Hands, 
**  and  holds  the  King  of  Kin8;s. 

4.  *'  Go,  Shepherds,  where  the  Infant  lies, 
*'  and  fee  his  humble  Throne  ; 

*'  With  Tears  of  Joy  in  all  your  Eyes, 
*«  go,  Shepherds,  kifs  the  Son.'* 

5.  Thus  Gal^riel  {ang,  and  llrait  around 
the  heavenly  Armies  throng. 

They  tune  their  Harps  to  lofty  Sound, 
and  thus  conclude  the  Song  : 

6.  "  G'Ory  to  God  that  reign^  above, 
"  ler  Peace  furround  the  Earth  ; 

<*  Mortals  ihall  know  their  Maker's  Love, 


7.  Lord  !  and  (hall  Angels  have  their  Songs, 
and  Men  no  Tunes  to  raiie  ? 

O  may  we  lofe  thefe  ufelefs  Tongues 
when  they  forget  to  praife  ! 

8.  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 
that  pitied  us  forlorn, . 

We  join  to  firg  our  Maker's  Love, 

for  there^  a  •Savid^i;^b6rn.|;^j  '^^^X^  ^ 


H  Y  M  N    xxxiv.  29 

HTM  N    XXXrV. 
Ecclef   XII,  1,  esfr. 
I    /^Hildren,  to  your  Greater,  God, 

\^     your  early  Honours  pay. 
While  Vanity  and  youthful  Blood 
would  tempt  your  Thoughts  aftray. 

2.  The  Memory  of  his  i-nigtity  Name, 
demands  your  firll  Regard  ; 

Nor  dare  indulge  a  meaner  Flame, 
*till  you  have  lov'd  the  Lord. 

3.  Be  wifo,  and  make  his  Favour  fure 
bef<)rc  the  mournful  Days^ 

When  Youth  and  Mirth  are  k'iiown  no  more, 
and  Life  and  Strength  decays. 

4.  No  more  the  Blcfii*igs  of  a  Feaft 
fludl  relifh  on  the  Tongue, 

The  heavy  Eat  forgets  the  TaUa 
and  Pleafure  of  a  Song. 

5.  Old  Age,  with  all  her  dirmal  Tra:   , 
invades  your  golden  Years 

With  Sighs,  and  Groans,  and" raging  Patii, 
and  Death,  that  never  fpares. 

6.  What  will  you  do  when, Light  departs, 
and  leaves  your  wdtl.erlng  Eyes, 

Without  one  Beam  to  chcar  your  Hearts, 
from  the  Uipeiior  Skies  ? 

7.  How  will  you  meet  God's  frov/ning  Brow, 
or  iLind  before  I;is  Seat, 

While  Nature's  old  Supporters  bow, 
nor  bear  their  tott'ring  Weight. 

8.  Can  you  expefi  your  feeble  AriAs 

fiiall  make  a  ftrong  Defence, 
When  Death,  with  terrible  Alarm?, 

fummons  thePrii'ner  hence  ?     1^  ^     9.  The 


30         H  y  M  N 


XXXV 


9.  The  filver  Bands  of  Nature  burfr, 

and  let  the  Building  fall  ; 
The  Flelh  goes  down  to  mix  with  Duft, 

its  vile  Original. 
1  o.  Laden  with  Gihilt  {a  heavy ;Load) 

uncleans'dsnd   uriforgiv'n./; 
The^Soul  returns  t-  an  angry  God, 

to  be  flm.t  out  from  f leaV'n. 

B  r  M  XV     XXXV.       , 

Job    I.    2  1. 

•     ■  -  r:H    •  ':- 

Aked  as  f  ona  the  Earth  we  Cui 


■N 


and  crept:  to  Life  at  firJ, 
We  to  the  Earth  return  again, 

and  mingle  with  our  Duft. 
Z,  Thp  dear  Delights  we  here  enjoy, 

and  fondly  call  our  own, 
Are  but  iliort  Favours  bcirow'd  no-.v, 

to  be  repay 'd  anon. 

3.  *Ti3  God  that  ilfts  our  Coinfoj'ts  hlgli 

or  finks  them  in  the  Grave, 
He  gives,  and  (bleiTed  be  his  Name) 
He  takes  bar  what  I15  gave. 

4.  Peace,  all  our  itngry  Paffions  then.. 

let  each  rebellious  Sigh 

Be  filent  at  his  fovereign  Will, 

and  every  Murmur  die. 

^.  If  fmiling  Mercy  crown  our  Lives, 

it*s  Ft-aifes  Ifliall  be  fpreau, 
And  we'll  adore  the  Juilice  too 

that  Ilrikes  our  Comforts  dead- 

UTM/f 


H  r  'M  M    XXXVI. 
Rom.  Ylli..^^^(ic.. 

I   TT7HO  (hali  the  Lord's  Elea  condemn? 
VV       *Ti3.  God  that  juilifies  their  Souls, 
And  Mercy  like  a-mffrhty  Stream 
O'er  all  their  Sin?  divinely  rolls.  .   . 

2.  VVho  fhall  adjudge  the  Saints  to  Hell  ? 
'Ti?  Chri/f  that  iuffer'd  in  their  Stead, 
And  the  Salvation  tn  fulli! 

Behold  Him  rifing  fiom  the  Dead. 

3.  He  lives  I  He  lives  I  and  iit^  above 
For  ever  inrerceeding;  there  ; 

Who  (hall  divide  us  from  his  Love, 
Or  what  ("hall  tempt  us  to  defpair  i 

4.  Shall  Piirfecution,  or  Dirire{*:, 
Famine,  or  S.vord,  or  Nakcdnefs  r 
He  that  hath  lov'd  us  bears  us  thro\ 
And  makes  us  more  than  Conqu'rors  too. 

t;.  Faith  hath  an  over-coming  Power, 
It  triumphs  in  the  d>in'^  Hour  ; 
Chri/i  is  our  Life,  our  Joy,  our  Hop-- 
Nor  can  we  fink  with  inch  a  I'rcp. 
6.  Not  all  that  Men  en  Eat:th  can  vio, 
Nor  PovvVs  on  hi^h,  nor  PowVs  i>tliyyv, 
Shall  caufe  his  Mercy  to  remove. 
Or  wean  our  Hearts  from  Chriji  our  Love. 

HYMN    XXXVII. 

pfai.  xLix.  6,  9.  Ecci.  vnr.  8.  job.ur.  i  ^ 

!    TTN  vain  the  wealthy  Mortals  toil, 

X   And  heap  their  finning  Dufl  in  Vaii;. 
Look  down  and  fcorn  the  humble  Poor, 
And  boafl  their  lofty  Hills  of  Gain. 

B  X  2.  Tiidr 


2.  Their  golden  Cordials  cannot  eafe 
Their  pained  Hearts  or  aching  Beads, 
Nor  fright  nor  bribe  approaching  Death 
From  glittering  Roofs  and  doft'ny  Beds» 

5.  The  tingripg,  the  unwilling  Soul 

The  difmai  Summons  muft  obey, 

And  bid  a  long,  a  fad  Fafewell 

To  the  pale  Lump  of  Jift^Ufi  Clay. 

4.  Thence  they  are  huddlrd  to  the  Grave, 

Where  Kings  and  Slaves  have  equal  Thrones, 

Their  Bones  without  Diilindion  lie 

Amongil  the  Heap  of  meaner  Bones. 

'  .  HYMN    XXXVIIL 

Rev.  V.  6yj,  8,  9. 

•  a      A   LL  mortal  Vanities  be  gone, 

J[\^  Nor  tempt  my  Eyes,  nor  tire  my  Ears, 
Behold  amid  ft  th*  eternal  Throne 
A  Vifion  of  the  Lamb  appears. 
1.  Glory  his  fleecy  Robe  adorns, 
Mark*d  with  the  bloody  Death  He  bore  ; 
Sev'nare  his  Eyes,  and  fev'n  his  Horns, 
To  fpeak  his  Wifdom  and  his  Pov^r'r, 

3.  Lo,  He  receives  a  fealed  Book 
From  Him  that  fits  upon  the  Throne ; 
^efus,  m.y  Lord,  prevails  to  look 

On  dark  Decrees,  and  Things  unknown. 

4.  All  the  aficmb^ing  Saints  around 
Fall  worfliipping  before  the  Lamb, 
And  in  new  Songs  of  Gofpel-Sound 
Addrefs  their  Honours  to  his  Name. 

5.  The  Joy,  the  Shout,  the  Harmony 
Flies  o'er  the  cverlalling  Hills, 

"  Worthy 


H  -Xi  M  N   xxxviii,  xxxix.        S3 

"  Worthy  art  Thou  alone"  (they  cry)  - 
"  To  read  the  Book,  to  loofe  the  Seals." 

6.  Our  Voices  join  the  heav'nly  Strain, 
And  with  tranfportijig  Pleafui-c  nn^, 
Worthy  the  Lam^,  that  once  was  flain. 
To  be  our  Teacher,  and  our  King. 

7.  His  Words  of  Prophecv  reveal 
EternaJ  Counfelp,  deep  Defio^u"^  ; 
His  Grace  and.  Vengeance  (hall  fulfil 
The  peaceful  and  rhe  dre  dful  Lines. 

8.  Thou  hall  redeem'd  our  Souls  from  Hell 
With  thine  invaluable  Blood  ; 

-And  W  etches  that  u id  once  rebel 
Are  now  made  FavVites  of  their  God. 

9.  Worthy  for  ever  is  the  Lord, 
That  dy'd  for  Treafons  not  his  own, 
By  ev'ry  Tongue  to  be  ador'd, 

And  dwell  upon  his  Father's  Throne. 

H  r  M  N    XXXIX. 

2  Tim    IV.  6,  7,  8,   iS.  • 
1    in^EATH  may  diflblve  mv  Body  now, 

1,  J     and   bear  my  Spirit  home  ; 
V/hy  do  my  Minutes  move  (o  flow, 

nor  my  Salvation  cmie  ? 

2.  With  heav  nly  Weapons  I  have  fought 
the  Battles  of  the  Lord, 

Finilh'd  m-   CoiJrfe,  and  kept  ihe  Faith, 
and  wait  the  fure  Reward. 

3.  God  has  laid  up  in  Heav*n  for  me 

a  Crown  which  cannot  fade  ; 
The  righteou;  Judge  at  that  great  Day 
ihali  place  it  on  my  Head. 

B  5  4.  Nor 


^^4        H  Y  M  N'  ytx^K,  Xi. 

4.  Nor  hath  the  King  of  Gr-xe  de'creed 

this  Prize  for  me  alone  >    ■ 
But  all  that  love,  and  long  to  fee 

th*  Appearance  of  his  Son. 

^.  ye/us,  the  Lordf  (k^\rgn^rd-m:e  Cdk 

from  ev'ry  ill  Dtiign  ; 
And  to  his  heav'nly  Kingdom  keep 

this  feeble  Soul  of  mine, 
6.   God  is  my  cverlafting  Aid, 

and  Hell  fhall  r-i^c  iri  vain  ; 
To  Him  be  higheft  Glory  paid. 

and  endleiV  Pt-aife.     Amen. 

BT  M  N    XL. 

Tfa.   LXin.   1,  2,   3    t^c. 
I   '^T  THAT  mighty  Man,  or  mighty  God, 

Y  y        comes'  travelling  in  State, 
Along  the   Idumean   Roal 

avvay  from-  Mczra^'s  Gate  ! 

2.  The  Glory  of  his  Robe <  proclaim 

'tis   fomC' vi^iiorious  King  : 
**  Tis  I,  thejuH:,  ch*  almighty  One 
"  that' your  Solvation  bring. 

3,  V/hy,  mighty  Lord,  thy  Saints  enquire, 

why  thine  Apoarel  red  ?  ■ 
And  all  thy  Vefture  ilain'H  like  thofe 

v.ho  in  the ■  Wine-pref"*  tread? 
^.   "  I  by  my  felf  have  tiod  the  Prefs, 

*^  avA  criift'd  my  Foes  alone, 
**  My  vVrarh  has  itruck  the  Rebels  dead, 
*' my  Fury    flamp'd  'em  down. 

r.  »<  'Tis  Ec/om's  rj^ood  that  dies  my  Rcbes 
<' with  joy faii<ia?-let 'ScaiWs,' 

«<  The 


H  Y  M  N    A^^^-'^'  33 

«'  The  Triumph  that  my -Raiment  wears 
*'  fprung  from  their  bleeding  Veins. 

6.  "Thus  fhall  the  Nations  be  deftroy'd 
"  that  dare  infult  my  Saints, 

"  I  have  an  Arjn  t'  avenge  their  Wrongs, 
*'  an  Ear  for  their  Complaints. 

-  H  2'  M  N    XLT. 

Nahum  I.   i,   2,   3,  <J:. 

I      A   DORE  and  tremble,  for  our  God 

X\^     is  a  confuming  Fire, 
His  jealous  Eyes  his  Wrath  inflame, 
and  raife  his  Vengeance  higher. 

2.  Almighty  Vengeance,  how  it  burns  I 
how  bright  his  Fury  glows  ! 

Vail  Magazines  of  Plagues  and  Storms 
lie  treafur'd  for  his  Foes. 

3.  Thofe  Heaps  of  Vv''rath  by  flow  Degrees 

are  forc*d  into  a  F^ame, 
But  kindleo,  oh  !  how  fieice  they  blaze  ! 
and  rerd  all  Nature's  Frame. 

4.  At  his  Approach  the  iViountains  flee, 
and  feek  a  watry   Grave  ; 

The  frighted  Sea  makes  Hafte  away, 
and  ihrinks  up  ev'ry   Wave. 

5.  Through  the  wide  Air  the  weighty  Rocks, 
are  fwift  as  Hail-itoncs  ha, I'd  : 

Who  dares  engage  his  fiery   Rage, 
that  Ihakes  the  folid  World  ? 

6.  Yet,  mighty  God,  thy  fov'reign  Grace, 

fits  Regent  on  the  Throne, 
The  Refuge  of  thy  chofen  Race 
when  Wrath  comes  ruining  down. 

7-  Th5 


S€      HYMN   xli,  xlii,  xliii. 

7.  Thy  Hand  fliall  on  rebellious  Kings 

a  fiery  Tempeft  pour, 
While  we  beneath  thy  flielt'ring  Wings 

thy  juH  Revenge  adore. 

H  r  M  N    XLII. 

Ifa.  XL.  28,  29,  30,  31. 
X      A   WAEE  our  Souls  (aw.iy  our  Fears, 

X\.  Let  ev'ry  trembling  Thought  be  gone) 
Awake,  and  run  the  heavenly  Race, 
And  put  a  cheaiTul  Courage  on. 
2.  True,  'tis  a  (Irait  and  thorny  Road, 
And  mortul  Spirits  tire  and  faint, 
But  they  forget  the  mighty  God 
That  feeds  the  Strength  of  ev'ry  Saint. 


5.  I'he  mighty  God,  whofe"  matchlefs  Pow'r 

Is  ever  new  and  ever  young, 

And  firm  endures  while  endlefs- Years 

Their  everla>^ing  Circles  run. 

4.  From  Thee  the  overflowing  Spring, 

Our  Souls  fhali  drink  a  frefh  Si^pply, 

While  fi^ch  as  truit  their  native  Streno-th 

Shall  melt  away,  and  drop,  and  die. 

c;'.   Sv  ift  as  an  Eagle  Cuts  the  Air, 
We'll  moui't  aloft  to  thine  Abode, 
On  V/ii.gs  of  l-ove  our  Soids  Ihall  fly. 
Nor  tire  amidft  the  heavenly  Road. 

H  r  M  N    XL  II, 

Jude.  XXIV.   25. 
1^-1**0  God  the  only  Wife, 

J^         oiir  Savioor  and  our  K'ng, 
Let  all  the  Saints  below  <-he  Skies 
their  hum bk  Fl5aifes  bring. 

2.    Tis 


HYMN    xIhI,  xliv.  37 

'  2.  *Tis  hi3  almighty  Love, 
his  Counfel  and  his  Care, 
Prefen'es  us  fafe  from  Sin  and  Deaiii., 
and  ev'ry  hurtful  Snare. 

3.  He  will  prefent  our  So'ils 
unblemifh'd  and  compleat. 

Before  the  Glory  of  his  Face, 
with  Joys  divinely  great. 

4.  Then  all  the  chofen   Seed 
fhall  meet  around  the  fhrpne, 

Shall  blefs  the  Condad  of  his  Grace, 
and  make  his  Wonders  kno.vn. 

5.  To  our  Redeemer  God 
Wifdom  and  Pow'r  belongs, 

Immortal  Crovvns  or  Majeily, 
and  everlafting  Songs. 

H  r  M  N    XLIV. 

Rev.  XII.   7. 

LiET  mortal  Tongues  attempt  to  ilng 
J  The  Wars  of  tleav'n,  when  Michael ^006. 
Chief  General  of  th'  eternal  King, 
And  fought  the  oatrles  of  our  God. 

2.  Againft  th'  Dragon  and  his  Hoil 
The  Armies  of  the  Lord  prevail  : 

In  vain  they  r2ge,  in  vain  ihev.boaft. 
Their  Courage  fmks.  their  Weapons  fail. 

3.  Down  to  the  Earth  was  Satan  thrown, 
Do^vl^  to  the  Earth  his  Legion*  fell  ; 
Then  was  the  IVump  of  Triumph  bJown, 
And  fliook  the  dreadful  Deep'-  of  Hell, 

4.  No'v  is  the  Hour  of  Darknefs  pall, 
Chrljl  has  affum'd  his  reie-ning  Pow'r ; 

Behold 


38  HY  MN'   xtiv,  xlv; 

Behold  the  great  Accufer  caft 

Down  from  the  Skies,  to  riie  no  more. 

5.  '  Fwas  by  thy  Blood,  immortal'Lambiv 
Thine  Armies  trod  the  Tempter  down  ; 
*Tvvas  by  thy  Word  and  pow'rfui  Name 
They  gain'd  the  Battle  and  Renown. 

6.  Rejoice  ye  Heav'ns  ;  let  every  Star 
Shine  with  new  Glories  round  the  Sky  ; 
Saints,  while  ye  iing  the  heav'nly  War, 
Raife  your  Deliverer's  Name  on  high, 

H  r  M  N  XLV. 

^      Rev.  I.   5,  6,  7. 
1   ^^T^^^  ^o  the  Lord  that  makes  us  know 

X^    The  Wonders  of  his  dying  Love, 
Be  humble  Honours  paid  below. 
And  drains  of  nobler  Praife  above  . 

2.  'Twas  He  that  cleans'd  our  foulett  Sins, 
And  wafli'd  us  in  his  richeft  Blood  ; 

'Tis  He  that  makes  us  Priefls.and  Kings, 
And  brings  us  Rebels  near  to  God. 

3.  To  ye/us  our  at<  ning  Prieft,. 
To  Jejus  our  iVtperior  King, 
Be  everlarting  Power  confeft. 
And  ev'ry  Tongue  his  Glory  fing. 

4.  Behold,  on  flying  Cioads  He  comes. 
And  ev'ry  Eye  ihall  fee  Him  move  ; 
Tho'  with  our  Sins  we  pierc'd  Him  once. 
Then  He  difplays  his  pardoning  Love.- 

5.  The  unbelieving  World  (hall  wail 
While  we  rejoice  to  fee  the  Day  : 
Come  Lord  :  nor  let  thy  Promife  fail. 
Nor  let  thy  Chariots  long  delay. 

HTMN 


H  Y  M  N    xlvi,  xlvii.  ■         39 

H  T'M  N    XLVI. 
Rev.  V.    II,   12,    IV 

I    /^Ome  let  us  join  our  chearful  Song?, 
V_>*     with  Angels  round  ihe  Thione  ; 
Ten  thoufand  thoufand  are  their  Tongues, 

but  all  their  Joys  a^e  one. 
2.   •*  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  dy'd,"  they  cry, 

"  to  be  exalted  thus  i" 
Worthy  the  Lamb,  our  Lips  reply, 

for  He  "was  Hain  for  us. 

3-  y^/'^^  ^5  worthy  to  receive 

Honour  and  Power  divine  _; 
And  Bleflings  more  than  we  can  give, 

be,  X-ord,  for  ever  thine. 

4.  Let  all  that  d.vell  above  the  Sky, 
and  Air,  nnd  Earth,  and  Seas, 

Confpire  to  lift  thy  Glories  hioh, 
and  fpeak  thine  endlefs  Pjaife. 

5.  The  v/hole  Creation  join  in  one, 
to  bleO.  the  facred  N;ime 

Of  Him  that  fit;  upon  the  Throne, 
and  to  adore  the  Lamb. 

H  r  M  N    XLVII. 
I   John  iii.    1,  &c.   G\\,  \v  6. 
i    T)EHOLD  what  wond'.rous  Grace 

X3       the  Father  has  beftow'd 
?n  Sinners  of  a  mortal  Race, 

to  call  them  Sons  of  God! 
2.   'Tis  no  furprizing  Thing, 

that  we  Ihould   be  unknown  ; 
The  Je-duijh  World  knew  not  their  King, 
God's  everlailing  Son  : 

;.  Nor  doth  it  yet  appear 

ITow  great  we  mufl  be  made  ;  But 


40         H  Y.NL  N; . ^xlvii,  -xhff .  'y 

But  when  we  fee  our  Saviour  here, 
we  fhall  be  like  our  Head. 

4.  A  Hope  To  much  divine 
may  Trials  well  endure, 

May  pu'-ge  our  Souls  from  Sen fe  and  Sin 
as  Chri.ft  the  Lord  is  pure. 

5.  If  in  my  Father's  Love 

I  fhare  a  filial  Part, 
Send  down    thy  Spirit,  like  a  Dove, 
to  reft  upon  my  Heart. 

6.  We  would  no  longer  lie 

like  Slaves  beneath  the  Throne  : 
My  Faith  fhall  Abba  Father  cry, 
and  thou  the  Kindred  own.    ^ 
'  H  r  M  N    XLVril. 
Sol.  Song  VIIL  5,  6,  7,   13.   14. 
I   TX/f^O  is  this  fair  One  in  Diftrefs, 

W  That  travels  f'om  the  Wildernefs  i 
And  prefs'd  with  Sorrows  and  with  Sins, 
On  her  beloved  Lord  flie  leans. 

2.  This  is  the  Spoufe  of  Chrift  our  God, 
Bought  with  the  Treafures  of  his  Blood  : 
And  her  bequeii,  and  her  Complaint, 

Is  but  the  Voice  of  ev'rv  Saint. 

3.  "  O  let  my  Name  engraven  ftand, 

**  Both  on  thy  Heart  and  on  thy  Hand  : 
*'  Seal  me  upon  thine  Arm,  and  wear 
**  That  Pledge  of  Love  for  ever  there. 

4.  **  Stronger  than  Death  thy  Love  is  known, 
**  Which  Floods  of  Wrarh  could  never  drown  ; 
*'  And  He.l  and  Earth  in  vain  combine 

**  To  quench  a  Fire  fo  much  divine. 

5.  But  I  am  jealous  of  my  Heart, 

*«  Leilitlhouid once  fromThee depart  j    ^*  Then 


HYMN     xlviii,  xlix.         41 

**  Then  let  thy  Name  be  well  imprefs'd, 
**  As  a  fair  Signet  on  my  Breaft. 

6.  "  Till  Thou  haft  brought  me  to  thy  Home, 
"  Where  Fears  and  Doubts  can  never  come, 

*'  Thy  Count'nance  let  me  often  fee, 
"  And  often  Thou  fhak  hean  from  me. 

7.  <♦  Come,  my  Beloved,  haftc  away 
*<  Cut  Hiort  the  Hours  of  thy  Delay. 
*'  Fly  like  a  youthful  Hart  or  Roe 

^  Ov^er  the  Hills  when-  Spices  grow. 

H  r  M  N  XLIX.      . 

Job  IV.    17, —  2r. 

I    QHALL  th.^  vile  Race  of  Flefh  and  Blood 

i5     Contend  with  their  Creator,  God  ? 
Shall  mortal  Worms  prefume  to  be 
More  holy,  wife,  orju,^,  than  He?    , 

2.  Behold,  He  puts  his  Truft  in  none 
Of  all  the  Spirits  round  his  Throne  ; 
Their  Natures,  when  compar'd  v/ith  his, 
Are  neither  holy,  jufl,  nor  wife. 

3.  But  how  much  meaner  Th'ngs  are  they 
Who  fpring  from  Duft,  and  dwell  in  Clay  ! 
Touch'd  by  the  Finger  of  thy  Wrath, 

We  faint  and  vanifh  like  the  Moth. 

From  Night  to  Day,  from  Day  to  Night, 
e  die  by  thoufands  in  thy  Sight  ; 

Bury'd  in  Duft  whole  Nations  lie 

Like  a  forgotten  Vanity. 


tv. 


5.  Almighty  Power,  to  Thee  we  bow  ; 
How  frail  are  we  !  how  glorious  Thou  ! 
No  more  the  Sons  of  Earth  fhall  dare 
With  an  eternal  God  compare. 

HTMN 


42  H  Y'M  N  1,  IL 

H  r  M  N    L. 

Eccl  f.  IX.  4,  5,  6,   !o. 
I    T    IFE  is  the  Time  to  lerve  the  Lord, 

Xv  The  Time  t'infure  the  great  Re  ward,- 
And  while  the  Lamp  holds  out  to  bprn. 
The  vileil  Sinner  may  return. 
7.  Life  is  the  Hour  that  God  has  giv'n 
To  'Icape  from  Hell,  and  tiy  to  Heav'n  ; 
The  Day  of  Grace,  and  Moit^ls  may 
Secuie  the  Blefiings  of  the  Day. 

3.  The  Living- know  thru  they  mull  die, 
But  all  the  Dead  forgotten  lit?  j 

Their  Mem'ry  and  their  Senfe  is  gone. 
Alike  unknowing  and  unknown. 

4.  Their  Hatred  and  their  Love  is  loH, 
Their  Envy  buri'^d  in  the  Dull  ; 
They  have  no  Share  in  all  that's,  dcue 
Beneath  the  Circuit  of  the  Sun. 

5.  Then  what  my  Thought?  defign  to  do. 
My  Hands,  with  ail  your  Might  purfue, 
Since  no  Device,  nor  Work  is  found, 

Nor  Faith,  nor  Horc,  beneath  the  Ground. 

6.  There  are  no  A<^s  o^  Pardon  pafs'd 
Jn  the  cold  Grave,  to  which  wc  halle  ; 
But  Darkntfs,  Dea^-h,  and  long  Defpair, 
Reign  in  eternal  Silence  thcie. 

HTMN    LI. 

Rom.  IIL    19, 22. 

I  "^  TAWi  are  the  Hope?  the  Sons  of  Men 

V       f>n  their  ^wn  Works  have  built  ; 
Th.eir  Hearts  by  Nature  all  unclean, 

and  ail  their  AcTaorjs  Guilt. 
2.  Let  Jew  and  Gentile  Hop  their  Mouths 
without  a  murmVing  Word,  And 


HYMN   li,  III,  liii.  43 

And  the  whole  Race  of  .^dam  ftand 
guilty  before  the  Lord. 

3.  In  vain  we  afk  God's  righteous  Law 
-■    to  juilif/  U3  nowy 

Since  to  convince  and  to  condemn 
is  all  the  Law  can  da. 

4.  J*'fns.  how  glorious  is  thy  Grace, 
when  in  thy  Name  we  trult  ! 

Our  Faith  receiv^cs  a  RightsouCncrd 
that  makes  the  SinnerjuiL 

HYMN    LIL 

John  lU.    f6,   17,    18. 
:    "^T"^^  ^'^  condemn  the  Sons  of  Men 

XN    Dii  a^r///,  the  Son  of  God  appear: 
No  vVeaponi  in  his  Hands  are  feen, 
No  flaming  Sword,    nor  Thunder  there. 

2.  Such  was  the  Pity  ofoar  God, 
He  lov'd  the  Race  of  iVIan  fo  well, 
He  fent  his  Son  to  bt-ar  our  Load 

Of  Sins,  andfavcoar  Souls  from  Hell. 

3.  Sinners,  believe  the  Saviour's  Word, 
Tfull  in  his  mighty  Nam?,  and  live  ; 

A  thoafand  Joys  his  Lips  afford, 
His  Hands  a  thoaidnd  BlelTiags  give. 

4.  But  Vengeance  and  Damnation  lyes 
On  Rebels  who  refafe  the  Grace  ; 
Who  God's  eternal  Son  defpife. 

The  hotfeil  Hell  lliall  be  their  Place. 


'N 


//  r  M  iV  xiu.    . 

I  Cor.  IL  9,  10.     Rev.  XXL  27. 

OR  Eye  hath  fcen,  nor  Ear  has  heard, 
nor  Senfe,  nor  Reaibn  known. 

What 


44  HYMN  liii,  liv. 

What  Joys  the  Father  has  prepaPd 
for  thcfe  that  Jove  his  Son. 

2.  But  the  good  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
reveals  a  Heav'n  to  come  ; 

The  Beams  of  Glory  in  his  Word 
allure  and  guide  us  home. 

3.  Pure  are  the  Joys  nbove  the  Sky, 
and  all  the  Region  Peace  ; 

No  wanton  [.ips  nor  envious  Eye 
cnn  fee  or  tafte  the  Blifs, 

4.  Thf Te  holy  G^tes  for  ever  bar, 
Pollution,  Sin,  and  Shame  ; 

None  (hall  obtain  Admittance  there 
but  Foll'wexs  of  the  Lamb. 

5.  He  keeps  the  Father*s  Book  of  Life, 
there  all  their  Names  are  found  ; 

The  Hypocrite  in  vain  fhall  drive 
to  tread  the  heav'nly  Ground. 

H  r  M  N    LIV. 

Rom,  VL  I,  3,  6, 
I    O  HALL  we  go  on  to  fm, 

v5       becaufe  thy  Grace  abounds. 
Or  crucify  the  Lord  again 
and  open  all  his  Wounds  ? 

2.  Forbid  it,  mighty  God, 
'nor  let  it  e'er  be  faid, 

That  we  whofe  Sins  are  crucify'd, 
fhould  raife  them  from  the  Dearir 

3.  We  will  be  Slaves  no  more, 

fince  Chriji  has  made  us  free. 
Has  naii'd  our  Tvrant?  to  his  Cro  s, 
and  bought  our  Liberty. 
•    '     ^  HYMN 


HYMN   Iv,  Ivi.  45 

HYMN   LV. 
Phil.  III.  7,  S,  9. 
I   "^^yO  more,  my  God,  I  boaft  no  more 

X^      Of  all  the  Duties  I  have  done  ; 
I  quit  the  Hopes  I  held  before 
To  truil  the  Merits  of  thy  Son. 
2.  Now  for  the  Love  I  bear  his  Name, 
What  was  my  Gain  I  count  my  Lofs  ; 
My  former  Pride  I  call  my  Shame, 
And  nail  my  Glory  to  his  Crofs. 

3-  Y^^,  and  F  muft  and  will  efteem 
AW  Things  but  Lofs  for  Jefiis'  fake  : 

0  may  my  Soul  be  found  in  him. 
And  of  his  Righteoufnefi  partake  ? 
4.  The  bell  Obedience  of  my  Hands 
Dares  not  appear  before  thy  Throne  ; 
Bat  Faith  can  anfwer  thy  Demands, 
By  pleading  what  my  Lord  has  done. 

H  r  M  N    LVr    Rom.  VU.  8,  &c. 

1  T     ORD,  h  >w  fecure  my  Confcience  was, 
JL>     and  felt  no  inward  D;ead  ! 

I  wa    alive  withou    the  Law, 

and  thought  my  Sins  were  dead. 

2.  My  Hopes  of  Heav'n  were  firm  and  bright? 

but  fince  the  Precept  came 
With  a  convincing  Pow'r  and  Light, 
I  find  how  vile  I  am. 

3.  Mv  Guilt  appear'd  but  fmal!  before, 
'till  'terribly   I  faw 

How  perf^-V  holy,  juil  and  pure 
was  thine*  eternal    Law. 

4.  T-ien  felt  my  Sou!  the  hcMvy  Load, 
nry   Sins  revivM 

I  had  provnk'd   a  d- -  \-.    1,    ,      . 

and  aJl.i^iy  Hopes  ^'/eJ^e  ilsiin. '    *'  5.  Pm 


46       H  Y  M  N    Ivi,  Ivii,  Iviii. 

5.  I'm  like  a  helplefs  Captive  fold, 
under  the  Power  of  Sin  ; 

I  cannot  do  the  Good  I  v/ould 
nor  keep  my  Confcience  dean. 

6.  My  God,  1  cry  with  ev'ry  Breath 
for  feme  kind  PowV  to  fave. 

To  break  the  Yoke  of  Sin  and  Death, 
ar\ji  thus  redeem  the  Slave. 

H  r  M  N  *LVIT/ 
Joh.  T.    17.  Heb.   Uh  3,  efff.  X.  28. 

I   ^  I  ""HE  Law-  by  Mc/es  came, 

X        but  Peace,  and  Truth,  and  Love, 

Were  brought  by  Chriji  (a  nobler  Name) 
defcendirg  from  above. 

2.  Amicil  the  HoufeofGod 

their  d iff' rent  Works  were  done  ; , 
Mojes  a  faithful  Servant  flood, 
but  Chrijl  a  faithful  Son. 

3.  Then  to  his  rev/  Commands 

be  ftriifl  Obedience  paid  ; 
O'er  all  his  Father's  Houfe  he  Hands 

the    Sovereign  and  the  Head. 
4...  The  Man  thai   durfl  defpife 

the  Law  that  Mcjes  biought ; 
Behold  !  how  terribly  he  dies 

for  his  prefumptuous  Fault. 

5.  But  forer  Vengeance   falls 

on  that  rebellious  Pvace, 
"Who  hate  to  hear  when  'jefus  calls," 
and  dare  refi(i  his   Grace. 
U  r  U  TJ    LVIIL 
Keb.  IV.„i5vi6,  &  V.  7.  Matt.  XIT.  20. 
1    T  )|  y  ITK  Joy  vvc  me.'iitate  Jie  Grace 
V  V       o^  our  Fligh-Piieil  above  ; 

His 


HYMN   Iviii,  lix.  47 

His  Heart  is  made  of  Tendernefs, 

his  Bovvels  melt  with  Love. 
z..  Touch'd  with  a  Sympathy  within 

he  knows  our  fe  bie  Franle, 
He  knows  what  fore  Temptations  mean 

for  he  has  felt  the  fame. 

3.  But  fpotlefs,  innocent  and  pure 
the  great  Redeemer  flood. 

While  Satan '=>  fiery  Darts  he  bore, 
and  did  refift  to  Blood. 

4.  He  in  the  Days  of  feeble  Flefh 
pour'd  our  his  Cries  and  Tears, 

And  in  his  Meafure  feels  afrelh 
what  every  Member  bears 

^.  He'll  never  quench  the  fmoakmg  Flax, 

but  raife  it  to  a  Flame  ; 
The  bruifed  Reed  he  never  breaks, 

nor  fcoms  the  m.eanefc  Name, 
6.  Then  let  oar  humble  Faith  addrefs 

his  Mercy  and  his  Pow'r, 
We  Ihall  obtain  deli^^'ring  Grace 

in  the  diftrefCng  Hour. 

H  r  M  N    LIX.     Titus  11.   10,-13. 

I    00  let  our  Lips  and  Lives  ocprefj 

)5     The  holy  Gofpe'l  we  profefs. 
So  let  our  Works  and  Virtues  (hin  -, 
To  prove  the  Dodrine  all  diviae. 
2.  Thus  iliall  we  bell  proclaim  abroad 
'i'he  Honours  of  our  Saviour  God  ; 
When  the  Salvation  reigns  within. 
And  Grace  fubdues  the  Pow'r  of  Sin. 

3.  Oui 


48         HYMN    lix,  Ix,  Ixi. 

3.  Our  Flefh  and  Senfe  muft  be  deny'd, 
Pafiion  and  Envy,  Luft  and  Pride  ?    - 
"While  Jullice,  Temp'rance,  Truth  and  Love 
Our  inward  Piety  approve. 

4.  Religion  bears  our  Spirits  up  * 
While  we  expert  that  blefied  Hope, 
The  bright  Appearance  of  the  Lord 
And  Faith  Hands  leaning  on  his  Word. 

HTMN    LX. 
I   Cor.  XIJL   I.   2,   3. 
I    T  TAD  I  the  Tongues  of  Greeks  and  Jews, 
"  JLj    Ard  nobler  Speech  that  Angels  ule, 
IfLcvt  beabfem,  I  am  found 
Like  tinkling  Br?.fs,  an  empty  Sound. 

2.  Were  I  irfpir'd  to  preach  and  tell 
All  that  is  clone  in  Heav'n  and  liell. 
Or  could  my  Faith  the  World  remove. 
Still  I  am  nothing  wichcut  Love. 

3.  Shoulr^  I  dilliibute  aP  my  Store 
To  feed  tlie  Bowels  of  the  I'oor, 
Or  p\e  my  Body  to  t' e  Flame, 
To  pain  a  Martyr's  gloiious  Name. 
4    if  Love  to  God  and  Love  10  Men 
Be  sbfent,  all  my  Hopes  are  v^in  : 

Nor  Torgues,  nor  Gifts,  nor  fiery  Zeal, 
The  Work  of  Love  can  e'er  fu.fii. 

H  r  M  N    I-XL 
2  T'm.    I.  9,    10. 
I    "VT^^^  ■<'  t-re  Pov  "r  of  Cod  fupreme  ^ 

X%!      Be  everbliinp  Honours  giv'n, 
He  f  ves  f  orn  I- ell  (we  hit's  hu  !\ame)  - 
He  calls  (  ur  warci'ring  Feei  to  Heav'n. 
2.  Nccfo>our  Duties  or  Deferts, 
But  of  his  own  abounding  Grace, 

He 


HYMN   Ixi,  Ixii.  49 

He  works  Salvation  in  our  Hearts, 
And  forms  a  People  for  his  Praife. 

3.  'Twas  h-is  own  Purpofe  that  begua 
To  refcue  Rebels  doom'd  to  die  ; 
He  gave  us  Grace  in  Chriil  his  Son 
Before  He  fpread  the  ftarry  Sky. 

4.  Jefus  the  Lord  appears  at  laft. 

And  makes  his  Father's  Counfels  known  ; 
Declares  the  great  Tranfa^lions  pafs'd. 
And  brings  immortal  Blcffings  down. 

5.  He  dies  ;  and  in  that  dreadfijl  Night 
Did  all  the  Pow'rs  of  Hell  dellroy  ; 
Rifing  He  brouaht  our  Heav'n  to  Lights 
And  took  PofTefTion  of  the  Joy. 

H  r  M  N    LXII. 

Ifa.  LIII.  I — c,  16 — 12. 
1   T  T7HO  has  believM  thy  Word, 

VV  0^  tby  Salvation  known  r 
Reveal  thine  Arm,  almighty  Lord, 

and  glorify  rhy  Son. 

2.  The  Jetis  efteem'd  Him  here 

too  mean   for  their  Belief  ; 
Sorrows  his  chief  Acquaintance- were, 
and  his  Companion,  Grief. 

3 .  Thev  tum'd  their  Eyes  away, 
and  treated  Him  with  Scorn  ; 

But  'twas  their  Grief  upon  Him  kiy^ 
their  Sorrov/s  He  has  born. 

4.  "Twas  for  the  {lubbcw.n  Jci-iss 
and  Gf/?///t'j  thtn.  unknown. 

The  Gad  of  Juftice  pleas'd  tobruife 
his  beil-beloved  vSon. 

C  c.  «'  r.ut 


50  H  Y  M  N   Ixii,  klii. 

5.  «' But  I'll, prolong  his  Days, 

*' and  make  his  Kingdom  ftand, 
*'  My  Pieafure  (fiuth  the  God  of  Grace) 
"  fhall  profper  in  his  Hand. 

6.  "  His  joyful  Soul  ihall  iec 
**  the  Purchafe  of  his  Pain, 

*«  And  by  his  Knowledge- juftify 
"  the  guilty  Sons  of  Men. 

7.  '*  Tai  thoufand  captive  Slaves 
*'  releas'd  from  Death  and  Sin,. 

*'  Shall  quit  their  Prifons  and  their  Graves, 

*'  and  own  his  Pow'r  divine. 
8.  "  Heav'n  fhall  advance  my  Son 

"  to  Joys  that  Earth  deny'd  ; 
«'  Who  L\v  the-F'oUies  Men  had  done, 

**  and  bore  their  Sins,  and  dy'd." 

H  r  M  N    LXIII. 

1    TTOW  fhort  and'hafty  is  ou!*  Life  I 

Xl     how  vaft  our  Souls  Affairs  ! 
Yet  fen  felefs^  Mortals  vainly  ft  rive 
to  laviih*  out  their   Years.- 

2.  Our  Days  run  thoughtlefly  along, 
without  a  Moment's  Stay? 

Jufl  like  a  Story  or  a  Song, 
we  pafs  aur  Liveis  awa)s 

3.  God  from  on  high  tnvites  us  Home, 
but  we  march  heedlefs  on. 

And  ever  halVning  to  the  Tomb, 
ftoop  downwards  as  we  run. 

4.  How  We  deferve  the  deepeft  Hell 
that  fliaht  the  Joys  above  ! 

What  Cnains  of  Vengeance  fliould 'we  feel 
Ij^at  break  fuch  Cords  of  Love  i 

5.  Draw 


HYMN  IxiirVlxiv,  Ixv.       5 

5.  Draw  us,  OGo'^,  wiLh- rovercign  Grace, 
and  lift  our  Thoughts  on  high, 

That  we  may  end  this  mortal  Race, 
and  fee  Salvation  riigh." 

H  TM^N    LXTV. 
1    ^  TOW  to  tke  Lord  a  noble  Song  ! 

X^    Awake  my  Soul,  awake  my  Tongue; 
Ho/anna  to  th'  eternal  Name, 
And  ail  Was  boundiefs  Love  proclaim. 
2.  See  where  it  mines  in  Jejus^  Face, 
The  brighteil  Traage  cPhls  Grace  ; 
God  in  \he  Perfon  o,f  hi*  Son,,    , 
Has  ail  his  mightiell  .Wc^r^,^  o'u^'^O"^* 


^.  The  fpacious  Earth,  and  fpreadirig  Flood 
Proclaim  the  v/jfe,  the  po-.v'rful  God, 
And  thy  rich  Glories  frcm  afar, 
Sparkle  in  ev'ry  rolling  Star. 

4.  Bu:  ii»  his  Look^  a  Gjory  ilands. 
The  noblell  Labour. of  thiiie  Hands; 
The  pleafing  Laftre  of  his  Eyes 
Out-lhines  the  Wonders  of  ihe"Skies. 

5.  Grace  !   'tis  a'fweet,  a  charming  Theme  ; 
My  Thoughts  rejoice  at  Jtfiis\  Name  : 

Ye  Angels,  dwell  upon  the  Sor.nd, 
Ye  Heav'ns,  reilecl  it  to  the  Ground. 

6.  O  may  I  live  to  reach  the  Place 
^■'ficre  he  unvai's  his  lovely  Face, 
Where  all  his  Beauties  you  behold, 
And  iing  his  Name  to  Harps  of  Gold  ! 

H  r  M  N    LXV. 
Phil.  IL  6,  ^c. 
I    TjRight  King  of  Giory,  dreadful  God  1 
1j  Our  SpirivS  bovv  belore  thy  Seat, 

C  2  To 


52  HYMN   l5^v;lxvi. 

To  Thee  we  lift  an  humble  Thought, 
And  worihip  at  thineawfal  Ffeet- -  '•^-    v    - 
2.  Thy  Povv'r  hath  form'd,  thy  Wirdomfways 
All  Nature  with  a  fov'reign  Word  ; 
And  the  bright  World  of  Stars  obeys 
The  Will  of  their  riiperior  Lotd. 

5.  Mer(fy  art d  Truth  unite  in  one, 

And  fmiiing  fit  at  thy  Right- Hand  ; 

Erenial  Juibce  guards  thy  Throne, 

And  V'engeance  waits   thy  dread  Command* 

4.  A  thoufand  Seraphs  ftrong  and  bright 
Stand  round  the  glorious  Deity  ; 

But  vvho  amongrt  the  Sons  of  Light 
Pretends  Comparifon  with  Thee? 

5.  Yet  there  is  one  of  human  Frame, 
Je/us,  array 'd  in  Flefh  and  Blood, 
Thinks  it  no  Robbery  to  claim 

A  full  Equpr.ty  with  Gcd. 

6.  Their  Glory  fhines  with  equal  Beams  j 
Their  Eilence  is  for  ever  one, 

Tho'  they  arc  known  by  different  Names, 
The  Father- God,,  and  God  the  Son. 

7.  Then  let  the  Name  of  Chrift  our  King 
With  equal  Honours  be  ador'd  ; 

His  Fraifj  let  every  Angel  iing, 

And  all  the  Nations  own  the  Lord. 

HTM  N    LXVL 

"ARK  !  from  the  Tombs  a  doleful  Sound  j 

_     my  Ears  attend  the  Cry/  - 

Ye  living  Men,  come  View  the  Ground, 

where  ^oa  muft  fliortly  lie. 

Princes,  this  Cay  muft  b&  your  IBed 

in  fpi^ht  of  ail  your  Tovv'rs  ; 

^"^  ^  <,  The 


HYMN    Ixvi,  Ixvli."  53 

"  The  tall,  the  wife,  the  rev'rend  Head 
•*  muft  lie  as  low  as  ours. 

3.  Great  God  !  is  this  our  certain  Doom  ? 
and  are  we  ftill  fecure  ? 

Still  walking  downwards  to  our  Tomb, 
and  yet  prepare  no  more  ? 

4.  Grant  us  the  Pow'rs  of  quick'ning  Grace, 
to  fit  our  Souls  to  fly. 

Then,  when  we  drop  this  dying  Fleili, 
we'll  rife  above  the  Sky. 
r         HYMN    LXVir. 
Zech-     XIT.     7. 
I  ^TT^HUS  faith  the  Ruler  of  the  Skie5, 

X        **  awake  my  di'eadml  Sword  ; 
"  Awake  my  Wrath,  and  fmite  the  Man 
"  my  Fellow",  faith  the  Lord. 

2.  Vengeance  receiv'd  the  dread  Command,    ^ 
and  armed  down  fhe  flies, 

jfe/us  fubmits  t*  his  Father's  Hand, 
and  bows  his  Head,  and  dies. 

3.  But  oh  !  the  Wifdom  and  the  Grace 
that  join  with  Vengeance  now  I 

He  dies  to  fave  our  guilty  Race, 
and  yet  He  rifes  too. 

4.  A  Perfon  fo  divine  was  He 
who  yielded  to  be  flain. 

That  He  could  give  his  Soul  away, 
and  take  his  Life  again. 

5.  Live,  glorious  Lord,  and  reign  on  high, 

let  ev'ry  Nation  flng. 
And  Angels  found  with  endlefs  Joy 
the  Saviour  and  the  Kips;. 

C  3  HYMN 


54   -      HYMN  >\xVi\\,n&, 

H  r  M  N    LXVIII. 

I   JNFINITE  Grief!  ama2ilng'Woe  { 

JL     behold  my  bleeding  Lord  ! 
Hell  and  the  ^^wj  confpir*d  h's  Death, 
and  us*d  the  Roman  Sword. 

2.  Oh  !  the  fharp  Pangs  of  fmar ting  Pain  ],' 
my  dear  Redeemer  bore, 

V/hsn  knotty  Whips,  and  ragged  Thorns, 
his  facred  Body  tore  ! 

3.  But  knotty  Whips,  and  ragged  Thorns 

in  vain  do  I  accufe, 
In  vain  I  blame  the  Roman  Bands, 
and  the  more  fpightful  Je-ivs. 

4.  'Twere  you,  my  Sin?,  my  cruel  Sins, 
his  chief  Tormentors  were  ! 

Each  of  my  Crimes  became  a  Nail, 
and  Unbelief  the  Spear. 

5.  'Twere  you,  that  pull'd  theVengeance  down 
upon  hisguiltlefs  Head  : 

"Break,  break  my  Heart,  oh  1  burft  njiine  Eyes, 
and  let  my  Sorrows  bleed.     . .  ?-!t-  V 

6.  Strike,  mighty  Grace,  my  flinty  Sw, 

till  melt: ng  Waters  flow,     - 
And  deep  Reoentance  drovv^  min^^Eye?, 
in  undiiTembled  Woe,  ,,  ;,^^|f,Y/  . 

HYMN  LXrX. 
"Heb.  Xn.    18,  l^c. 
1   l^TOT  to  the  Terrors  of  the  Lord, 

X^      the  Tempeil,  Fire,  and  Smoke, 
Not  to  the  Thunder  of  that  Word 
which  God  on  Sinai  {^oikt  ;    ' 
2.   Bu:  weare  come  t'  .S;5«'s  HilJy 
the' City  of  cur  God,  ''  ^T-  *'^^ 

Where 


.HYMN  ixix,  ixx.  ir^ 

Where  milder  Wordg  declare  his  Will, 
and  fpread  his  Love  abroad. 

3.  Behold  th' innumerable  Hoil 
of  Angels  cloarh'd  in  Light ; 

Behold  the  Spirits  of  the  Juil  -      ' 

whofe  Faith  is  tiirn'd  to  Sigh'R  ^'' 

4.  Behold  the  blell  AlTemb]/  t^here, 
\hofe  Name?  are  writ  in  Heav'n  ; 

And  G">d  the- Judge  of  all  dteclares 
Their  vileft  Sins  forgiv'n. 

5.  The  Saints  on  Earth,  and  all  the  Dead 
but  one  Communion  make  ; 

AH  join  in  Chrij}  their  living  Head^ 
and  of  his  Grace  partake. 

6.  In  fuch  Society  as  this 

my  vveary  Soul  would  rcfl  ; 
The  Man  that  dwells  where  Je/us  is 
muft  be  forever  blell. 

-p;  '     HYMN  LXX. 

'••%^^ii.' 10^  11.  Chap,  xxvirr.  20. 

WHcre  ?.re  the  Mourne  s  (faith  the  Lord) 
That  v/ait  and  tremble  at  my  Word, 
'*  That  walk  in  Darknefs  all  the  Day  ? 
*'  Come,  make  my  Name  your  Truft  and  Stay, 

2.  **  No  Works  nor  Duties  of  your  own 
'*  Can  for  the  fmaileft  Sin  atone  ; 

"  The  Robes  that  .Nature  may  provide 
**   Will  not  vour  leall  PolluLions  hide*     j. 

3.  "  The  fofteft  Couch  that  Nature  Kno'WJ; 
*  •  Can  give  the  Confcience  no  Repofe  : 

**  Look  to  my  Rigliteouiiiefi,  and  live  ; 
•*  Comfort  and  Peace  aic  mine  to  give., 

4.  «  Ye 


56 


HYMN   Ixx,   Ixxi, 


4.  "  Ye  Sons  of  Pride  that  kindle  Coals, 

'*  With  your  own  Hands  to  warm  your  Souh, 
'*  Walk  in  the  tight  of  your  own  Fire, 
**  Enjoy  the  Sparks  that  ye  clefire. 

5.  **  This  is  your  Portion  at  my  Hands ; 
**  Hell  waits  you  wdth  her  Iron  Bands, 
"  Ye  fhall  lye  down  in  Sorrow  there, 

«*  In  Death,  in  Darknefs,  and  Defpair. 

H  r  H  N  Lxxr. 
Job XI.  7,  effr.  XXV.  5.  XXVI.  II. 

CAN  Creatures  to  Perfedion  find 
Th*  eterjial  uncreated  Mind  ; 
Or  can  the  largefl:  Stretch  of  Thought 
Meafure  snd  fearch  his  Nature  out  ! 

2.  'Tis  high  as  Heav'n,  *tis  deep  as  Hell, 
And  what  can  mortals  know  or  tell  ? 
His  Glory  fpreads  beyond  the  Sky, 
And  all  the  fhining  Worlds  on  high. 

3.  But  Man,  vain  Man,  would  fain  be  wife. 
Born  like  a  wild  young  Colt  he  flies 
Thro' aU  the  Follies  of  his  Mind, 

And  fmells  and  fnuffs  the  empty  Wind. 

4.  God  is  a  King  of  Power  unknown. 
Firm  are  the  Orders  of  his  Throne  ;  / 
If  He  refolve,  who  dare  oppofe. 

Or  afk  Him  why,  or  what  He  does  ? 

5 .  He  wounds  the  Heart,  andHe  makes  whole ; 
He  calms  the  Tempeft -of  the  Soul  : 

When  He  ihuts  up  in  long  Defpair, 
Who  can  remove  the  heavy  Bar  ? 

6.  He  frowns,  and  Darknefs  veils  the  Moon, 
The  fainting  Sun  grows  dim  at  Noon  ; 
The  Pillars  of  Heav'ns  ftarry  Roof 
Tremble  and  ilan  at  his  Reproof.  7.  He 


H  Y"lk'!$'  L^i!^kxii.  SI 

y.  He  ga,ve  the  vaulted  Heav'n  its  Form, 
The  crooked  Serpent,  and  the  Worm  ; 
He  breaks  the  Billows  with  his  Breath, 
And  fmites  the  Sons  of  Pride  to  Death, 
%.  Thefe  area  Portion  of  his  Ways  ; 
But  who  fhiU  dare  defcribe  hit  Face  ? 
Who  can  endure  his  Light  r  or  Hand 
To  hear  the  Thunders  of  his  Hand  ?' 

if  r  M  N    LXXir. 
1   Cor.  XI.  23,  ^c. 

TWAS  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  Night 
When  Pow'rs  of  Earth  and  Hell  arofe, 
Againll  the  Son  of  God's  Delight, 
And  Friends  betray.'d  him  to  his  Foes  : 

2.  Before  the  mournful  Scene  began, 

He  took  the  Bread,  and  blefs'd,aad  break  : 
What  Love  thro'  all  his  Aftions  ran  ! 
What  v/ond'rous  Words  of  Grace  he  fpake  \ 

3.  «^  This  is  my  Body,  broke  for  Sin, 
Receive  and  eat  the  living  Food  ;." 
Then  took  the  Cup,  and  bie.'s'd  the  Wine  ; 
*'  'Tis  the  new  Cov'nant  in  my  Blood. 

4.  "   Do  this,"  (}\e  cry'd)"' till Time  ihall  end, 
*'  In  Mcm'ry  of  3'.our  dying  Friend  ;  ,.  .r     |! 

<'  Meet  at  my    Table  and   record 
<'  The  Lov^e  of  your   departed  Lord." 

5.  JefuSi  thy  Feaft  wc  celebrate. 

We  ihew  thy  De-tih,  wefi.jg  thy  N^ame, 

'Till  tliou  return,  and  we  iiiu.li -eat 

The  Marriage- Suppcr.oith^ Lamb, ^.  ,<>-.... 


58         H  Y  M  N  Ixxiii,  Ixxiv: 

yV  On  t^'hich.  the  Prince  idfG4o.ryfJy'ii^ 
My  richeft  Gain  I  count  but  Lois,  •  v,  I  ■  ,* 
And  pour  Contempt  on  all  hiy  Pride*- 

2.  Forbid  ir,  Lord,  thai  1  ihould  boafl: 
Save  in  ihe  Death  dt  Chriji  my  God  : 
All  the  vain  Things  that  chaiiii  me  moft, 
1  facrifice  them  to  his  Blood. 

3.  See  from  his  Hrad,, his  Hands,  his  Feet* 
Sorrow  and  Love  flow  mingled  down  ! 

Did  e'er  fuch  Love  and  Sorrav^-  meet  ? 
Or  1  horns  compofe  fo  rich  a  Grown  }    '  . 

4.  His  dying  Crimfon,  like  a  Robe, 
Spreads  o'er  his  Body  on  the  Tree  ; 
7  hen  am  I  dead  to  all  the  Globe, 
And  all  the  Globe  is  dead  ta.ngi^*;,j 

5.  Were  the  \vhole  Realm  of  Nature  mine, 
That  were  a  P relent  far  too  fmall  : 

Love  fo  amaaing^fo  divine, 
Demands  my  Soul,  my  Life,  my  All. 

^     H  r-'MN    LXXIV. 

Luke  XIV. .  ^^r.    16,  ISc. 
I    T  TOW  nch  are  thy  Proviuons,  Lord  ! 

XX  Thy  Table  furnifli'd  from  above  '!    ''' 
The  Fruits  of  Life  o'erfpread  the  Board, 
The  Cup  o'er^ovvs  with  heav'nly  Love. 
2.  Thine  anticnt  Family  the  Jeixs, 
Were  iiritinvited  to,  the  Feaft  : 
We  humbly  taka .u hat  they  jefufe. 
And  G^iiiiies  thy  Salvation  talie. 

q.  We 


HYMN   Ixxiv,   Ixxv.         59 

3.  We  are  the  poor,  the  blind,  the  lame, 
And  Help  was  far,  and  Death  was  nigh  ! 
But,  at  the  Gofpel-Call,  we  came, 
And  ev'ry  Want  receiv'd  Supply. 

4.  From  the  Highway  that  leads  to  Hell, 
From  Paths  of  Darknefs  andDefpair, 
Lord,  we  are  come  with  Thee  to  dwell, 
Glad  to  enjoy  thy  Prelence-here. 

5.  What  fhall  we  pay  th'  eternal  Son, 
That  left  the  Heav'n  of  his  Abode, 
And  to  this  wretched  Earth  came  down. 
To  brino;  us  Wand'rers  back  to  God  ! 

6.  h  coft  him  Death,  to  fave  our  Live*  3 
To  buy  our  Souls,  it  coft  his  own  ; 

And  all  the  unknown  joy^  he  gives. 
Were  bought  with  Agonies  unknown, 

7.  Our  everlafting  Love  is  due 

To  Him  that  ranfom'd  Sinners  loft  ; 
And  pity'd  Rebels  when  H^  knew 
The  vaft  Expence  his  Love  would  coft, 

H  r  M  N  LXXV. 
I    dT^  LORY  to  God  the  Father's  Name, 

Vjr       who,  from  our  fin ful  Race, 
Chofe  out  his  Fav'rites  to  proclaim 
the  Honours  of  his  Grace. 

2.  Glory  to  God  the  Son  be  paid, 
who  dwelt  in  humble  Clay, 

And,  to  redeem  us  from  the  Dead, 
gave  his  own  Life  away. 

3.  Glory  to  God  the  Spirit  giva» 
from  whofe, almighty  Pow'r 

Our  Souls  their  heav'nly  Birth  derive, 
and  blefs  the  happy  Hour. 

4.  Glory 


6o       HYMNlxxv,     Ixxvi. 

4.  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 

th'  eternal  Three  and  One, 
Who  by  the  Wonders  of  his  Love, 
has  made  his  Nature  known. 

•  H  r  M'N   LXXVI. 
I  'nr^O  Him  that  chofe  lis  fi-rft, 
J^        Before  the  World  began  ; 
To  Him  that  bore  the  Curfe, 
To  fave  rebellious  Man  ; 
To  Him  that  form'd 
Our  Hearts  anew. 
Is  endlefs  Praife 
And  Glory  due. 

The  Father's  Love  iliall  run 
Thro'  our  immortal  Songs  ; 
We  bring  to  God  the  Son 
Hofannas  on  our  Tongues  : 

Our  Lips  addrefs 

The  Spirit's  Name 

With  equal  Pjaife, 

And  Zeal  the  fame. 

a    - 

3.  Let  ev'ry  Saint  above. 
And  Angel  round  the  Throne, 
Forever  blefs  and  love 
The  facred  Three  in  One  : 

Thus  Heav'n   fhall  raife 

His  Honours  high. 

When  Earth  and   Fime 

Grow  old  and  die. 

FINIS. 

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r. //^iv/^ 43. 24.1. 17.  r. Lion-.. p. 56-  h  7.  fr. Bot. 
r.  hear.  p.  81..  1.  6.r, /o;7/.  p.  IPZ.I..  iS.r.  hear.  p. 
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